Delirium in Internal Medicine Departments in a Tertiary Hospital in Israel: Occurrence, Detection Rates, Risk Factors, and Outcomes

Delirium in Internal Medicine Departments in a Tertiary Hospital in Israel: Occurrence, Detection Rates, Risk Factors, and Outcomes

Background: The aim of the study was to assess the occurrence rate of delirium among elderly hospitalized patients in the medicine wards of a large tertiary hospital, to identify risk factors, and to evaluate the diagnostic rate for delirium among the medical teams.Methods: A 3-month prospective stu...

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Main Authors: Nirit Tzur Efraim, Evgeniya Zikrin, David Shacham, Dori Katz, Evgeni Makulin, Leonid Barski, Lior Zeller, Carmi Bartal, Tamar Freud, Svetlana Lebedinski, Yan Press
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
delirium
occurence
risk facors
detection rate
outcomes
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2020.581069/full

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