Open AccessPartial and no recovery from delirium after hospital discharge predict increased adverse events
Author(s) -
Martín G. Cole,
Jane McCusker,
Robert Bailey,
Michael Bonnycastle,
Shek Fung,
Antonio Ciampi,
Éric Belzile
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/afw153
Subject(s) - delirium , adverse effect , medicine , hazard ratio , emergency medicine , confidence interval , intensive care medicine , anesthesia
The implications of partial and no recovery from delirium after hospital discharge are not clear. We sought to explore whether partial and no recovery from delirium among recently discharged patients predicted increased adverse events (emergency room visits, hospitalisations, death) during the subsequent 3 months.
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