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Precipitating factors of delirium: stress response to multiple triggers among patients with and without dementia.
Exp Gerontol
November 2014
Helsinki University Hospital, Unit of General Practice and University of Helsinki, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Finland.
Background And Aim: Delirium is common and serious acute syndrome among older people precipitated by multiple external factors such as acute illnesses, trauma, surgery, and drugs. The aim of this study was to find possible stressors and causative triggers for acute delirium and compare patients with or without dementia in this respect.
Methods: 193 delirious patients from two separate delirium studies including settings of nursing homes and geriatric wards were thoroughly assessed for precipitating factors of delirium.