Objective To examine associations between polypharmacy and delirium diagnosed in
elderly patients hospitalized in geriatric acute care unit after emergency hospital admission …

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether delirium is an independent predictor of adverse
outcomes of hospitalization in older patients. DESIGN: Cohort study PATIENTS: A total of …

Objective.—To determine risk factors for delirium in elderly hospitalized patients. Design.—
Cohort analytic study. Using a reliable and valid instrument for detection of delirium, we …

Objectives: To determine the effects of prevalent and incident delirium on length of hospital
stay. Design: Prospective cohort study, comparing (1) length of stay after admission in cases …

Delirium, an acute confusional state with changes in attention and cognition, is a common
cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized elders. Medications are responsible for …

Objectives: Most strategies for delirium prevention in older hospitalized patients are common
good clinical geriatric care. We investigated whether acute geriatric ward (AGW) …

Background: Previous research on risk of delirium in acute hospital settings identified mainly
patient variables (eg, age) that are not amenable to intervention. The purpose of this study …

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether prevalent delirium is an independent predictor of
mortality in older patients seen in emergency departments (EDs) and discharged home …

Objectives To create a risk prediction rule for delirium in elderly adults in the emergency
department (ED) and to compare mortality and resource use of elderly adults in the ED with …

Background Factors associated with delirium among community-dwelling older adults have
been poorly studied. Our aim was to describe the prevalence of predisposing and …