Òscar Miró, Gina Osorio, Aitor Alquézar-Arbé, Sira Aguiló, Cesáreo Fernández, Guillermo Burillo, Javier Jacob, Pere Llorens, Lluís Llauger, Ángel Peláez González, Edmundo Ramón Figuera Castro, Ricardo Juarez González, María José Blanco Hoffman, Fátima Fernandez Salgado, Teresa Pablos Pizarro, María Amparo Berenguer Díez, Marina Truyol Más, Nieves López-Laguna, Jacinto Garcia Acosta, Carmen Fernandez Domato, Francisco Javier Diego Robledo, Patxi Ezponda, Andrea Martinez Lorenzo, Juan Vicente Ortega Liarte, Inmaculada García Rupérez, Setefilla Borne Jerez, Claudia Corugedo Ovies, Blanca Andrea Gallardo Sánchez, Juan González Del Castillo
To investigate factors related to the development of hyperactive delirium in patients during emergency department (ED) stay and the association with short-term outcomes. A secondary analysis of the EDEN (Emergency Department and Elderly Needs) multipurpose multicenter cohort was performed. Patients older than 65 years arriving to the ED in a calm state and who developed confusion and/or psychomotor agitation requiring intravenous/intramuscular treatment during their stay in ED were assigned to delirium group...
October 21, 2023: Internal and Emergency Medicine