Delirium in older persons.

The prevalence of delirium increases sharply with age, and about 20 percent of older patients have delirium at the time of hospital admission for any reason. This review summarizes the clinical manifestations of and risk factors for delirium and the evaluation of patients with this condition. It includes an update on the current understanding of the pathogenesis of delirium and provides guidance regarding practical measures to prevent this common complication.

• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  New England Journal of Medicine

• Publication date

  2006-03-16

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1056/NEJMRA052321PMID 16540616
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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