Frailty and hyperactive delirium in hospitalized older patients with COVID-19: an insight from GeroCovid registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delirium is an acute neuropsychiatric condition associated with unfavourable outcomes, frequent in older hospitalized people. In the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, few studies have specifically focused on the inflammatory status of older, frail patients with hyperactive delirium (HD) hospitalized for COVID-19.

Aim

To identify biological correlates of HD at hospital admission and to assess the independent effect of delirium and physical frailty on in-hospital mortality.

Methods

Data were retrospectively extracted by the multicenter registry GeroCovid Observational Study. Individuals aged ≥ 60 years were included if the information on the presence of HD, frailty based on the modified Fried criteria and inflammatory status had been collected. The risk of

SUBMITTER: Parrotta I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9812736 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature