Thirty-day mortality among patients with acute delirium in the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The number of visits to the emergency department (ED) is growing among older patients. Older people are at risk of acute delirium, which is associated with mortality. Our primary objective was to determine the 30-day mortality outcome between older patients with and without acute delirium.

Methods

From August 2018 to October 2019, we conducted a prospective cohort study in the ED of a tertiary care and university hospital. Patients over the age of 65 years who presented to the ED were included in the study. Within the first 12 h after the ED visit, delirium was assessed by using the Thai version of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU). We collected data on 30-day mortality, ED LOS, hospital length of stay (LOS), and the 30-day ED revi

SUBMITTER: Sanguanwit P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10550514 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature