Use of Medications With Anticholinergic Effect Predicts Clinical Severity of Delirium Symptoms in Older Medical Inpatients

Han, Ling; McCusker, Jane; G. Cole, Martín; Abrahamowicz, Michał; Primeau, François; Élie, Michel

doi:10.1001/archinte.161.8.1099

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Use of Medications With Anticholinergic Effect Predicts Clinical Severity of Delirium Symptoms in Older Medical Inpatients

Published in Archives of Internal Medicine • Apr 23, 2001

Authors:

Ling Han

Jane McCusker

Martín G. Cole

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Use of anticholinergic (ACH) medications is a biologically plausible and potentially modifiable risk factor of delirium, but research findings are conflicting regarding its association with delirium. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the longitudinal association between use of ACH medications and ...

Subject

Delirium

Anticholinergic

Medicine

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