[Patients with spinal cord injuries experience many sequelae].

Spinal cord injuries (SCI) affect all organs and may cause multiple sequelae. Complications after SCI can be life-threatening and socially disabling. Furthermore, a spinal cord injury is often a chronic condition and the patient may have contact with both the general practitioner and several departments in a hospital.

Delirium during psychiatric admission increases mortality in psychiatric patients during and after hospitalization. A nationwide study from 1995 through 2012.

Objective: Delirium is a common acute neuropsychiatric disorder caused by a variety of physical insults. It is commonly associated with a variety of serious adverse outcomes, including elevated mortality. There are few studies of delirium occurring in psychiatric patients, including its mortality.

A nationwide study on delirium in psychiatric patients from 1995 to 2011.

Objectives: Delirium shares symptoms with some mental illnesses. This may lead to misdiagnosis of delirium in psychiatric patients and a risk of inadequate management. Moreover, literature on delirium in psychiatric patients is sparse.