Delirium in COVID-19: Common, distressing and linked with poor outcomes: Can we do better?

Authors: Peterson, Alexandra;

Marengoni, Alessandra ;

Shenkin, Susan Deborah ;

MacLullich, Alasdair M.J.

Source: Age and Ageing

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Abstract

Delirium was one of the challenges health professionals caring for patients with COVID-19 faced, yet little attention has been devoted to its prevalence, and outcomes.
A recent systematic review showed that nearly one in three COVID-19 patients had delirium on or during hospital admission with a pooled mortality approximately three times higher than in those without delirium.
Policy, research and education must better serve patients at risk of this common and devastating syndrome in COVID-19 and beyond.

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Peterson, A., Marengoni, A., Shenkin, S. & MacLullich, A. 2021, 'Delirium in COVID-19: Common, distressing and linked with poor outcomes: Can we do better?', Age and Ageing, 50(5), pp. 1436-1438. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab153

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