Does Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Modify Delirium Severity and Hospital Outcomes?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined the association between delirium severity and outcomes of delirium among persons with and without Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Academic tertiary medical center.

Participants

A total of 352 medical and surgical patients.

Measurements

Delirium incidence and severity were rated daily using the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) and CAM-Severity (CAM-S) score during hospitalization. Severe delirium was defined as a CAM-S Short Form score in the highest tertile (3-7 points out of 7). ADRD status was determined by a clinical consensus process. Clinical outcomes included prolonged length of stay (>6 d), discharge to post-acute nursing facility, any decline in activities of daily

SUBMITTER: Hshieh TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7725352 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature