Undiagnosed long-term cognitive impairment in acutely hospitalised older medical patients with delirium: a prospective cohort study | Zendy

Thomas Jackson | Zendy; Alasdair M. J. MacLullich | Zendy; John Gladman | Zendy; Janet M. Lord | Zendy; Bart Sheehan | Zendy

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Undiagnosed long-term cognitive impairment in acutely hospitalised older medical patients with delirium: a prospective cohort study

Author(s) -

Thomas Jackson,

Alasdair M. J. MacLullich,

John Gladman,

Janet M. Lord,

Bart Sheehan

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afw064

Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , prospective cohort study , cognitive impairment , cohort , cohort study , dementia , cognition , pediatrics , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , disease

delirium and dementia are common in the general hospital, being present in nearly 50% of older unselected admissions to hospital. Cognitive impairment is a risk factor for delirium, but the prevalence of previously undiagnosed cognitive impairment (dementia or mild cognitive impairment) in patients with delirium is unknown.

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