Incidence of confusional syndrome (delirium) in a Latin American university hospital.

Background: Little is known about the incidence of delirium and its subtypes in patients admitted to different departments of university hospitals in Latin America.

Objective: To determine the incidence of delirium and the frequency of its subtypes, as well as its associated factors, in patients admitted to different departments of a university hospital in Bogotá, Colombia.

Methods: A cohort of patients over 18 years of age admitted to the internal medicine (IM), geriatrics (GU), general surgery (GSU), orthopaedics (OU) and intensive care unit (ICU) services of a university hospital was followed up between January and June 2018.