Outcome of Older Patients with Acute Neuropsychological Symptoms Not Fulfilling Criteria of Delirium.

Hannah M ZipprichMarie-Christine ArendsUlrike SchumacherViola BahrAndré ScheragAnja KwetkatUlrich WeddingFrank M BrunkhorstOtto W WitteTino PrellChristoph Redecker

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)

Patients with an acute change or fluctuation in mental status or inattention with one additional CAM symptom (ie, disorganized thinking or an altered level of consciousness) have a similar risk for a lower quality of life and death as patients with delirium. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:1469-1475, 2020.

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