Delirium in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Predictors and implications for patient outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Delirium is recognized as a severe complication of coronavirus-disease-2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19-associated delirium has been linked to worse patient outcomes and is considered to be of multifactorial origin. Here we sought to evaluate the incidence and risk factors of delirium in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, along with its impact on clinical outcome.

Methods

Consecutive adult COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary academic referral hospital between March 1st and December 31st, 2020 were included. Potential risk factors for delirium were evaluated, including: age, gender, disease severity (as per the highest WHO grading reached during admission), laboratory parameters for infection and renal function (as per their most extreme values), and presence of comor

SUBMITTER: Wilke V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9778494 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature