Risks increase for mortality, institutionalization, and dementia — but is there a connection with antipsychotic treatment?
Delirium in patients with dementia accelerates cognitive deterioration (JW Psychiatry May 4 2009). How are elders without dementia affected by an episode of delirium? In a meta-analysis, researchers examined whether delirium in patients 65 or older was associated with poor outcome, independent of comorbid illness or dementia. The authors examined studies from 1981 to 2010 with mean or median age 65 or older, quantitative data on outcome, and at least 3 months of follow-up. Of the initial 2939 articles screened, 42 met all criteria, and researchers analyzed 12 for mortality, 7 for institutionalization, and 2 for dementia outcomes. Secondary analyses examined unadjusted stratified risks in 38 studies.
Primary analyses used data adjusted for ag…
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DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)
DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)