Outcomes of Older People Admitted to Postacute Facilities with Delirium

R. Marcantonio, Edward; K. Kiely, Dan; Simon, Samuel; John Orav, E.; N. Jones, Richard; M. Murphy, Katharine; A. Bergmann, Margaret

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53305.x

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Outcomes of Older People Admitted to Postacute Facilities with Delirium

Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society • May 31, 2005

Authors:

Edward R. Marcantonio

Dan K. Kiely

Samuel Simon

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare outcomes of patients admitted to postacute skilled nursing facilities with delirium, subsyndromal delirium, and no delirium. DESIGN: Observational cohort study. SETTING: Seven skilled nursing facilities that specialize in postacute care within a single metropolitan region. PAR...

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Delirium

Medicine

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