Open AccessSmoking Cessation and the Risk of Hyperactive Delirium in Hospitalized Patients: A Retrospective Study
Author(s) -
HyeYoun Park,
Ki Woong Kim,
InYoung Yoon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the canadian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1497-0015
pISSN - 0706-7437
DOI - 10.1177/0706743716652401
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , delirium , medicine , retrospective cohort study , psychiatry , pediatrics , psychology , pathology
The acute cessation of smoking often induces symptoms that are similar to those associated with delirium. We aimed to evaluate effects of sudden nicotine abstinence on the development of delirium and its motoric subtypes in hospitalized patients.
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