Delirium superimposed on dementia strongly predicts worse outcomes in older rehabilitation inpatients

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 349-354

  Morandi, Alessandro ^a,b   Davis, Daniel ^c   Fick, Donna M ^d   Turco, Renato ^a,b   Boustani, Malaz ^e   Lucchi, Elena ^a,b   Guerini, Fabio ^a,b   Morghen, Sara ^a,b   Torpilliesi, Tiziana ^a,b   Gentile, Simona ^a,b   MacLullich, Alasdair M ^f   Trabucchi, Marco ^b,g   Bellelli, Giuseppe ^b,h  

^a Aged Care Unit Hospital Ancelle   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^h SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delirium; Delirium superimposed dementia; Dementia; Elderly; Institutionalization; Mobility; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM SUPERIMPOSED ON DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-III-R; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION PATIENT; WALKING; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; REHABILITATION; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899641610     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.12.084     Document Type: Article

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