Flavia Barreto Garcez, Júlio César Garcia de Alencar, Shirley Steffany Muñoz Fernandez, Vivian Iida Avelino-Silva, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Roberta Cristina Ruedas Martins, Lucas Augusto Moysés Franco, Sandra Maria Lima Ribeiro, Heraldo Possolo de Souza, Thiago Junqueira Avelino-Silva
Our aim was to investigate the association between gut microbiota and delirium occurrence in acutely ill older adults. We included 133 participants 65+ years consecutively admitted to the emergency department of a tertiary university hospital, between September 2019 and March 2020. We excluded candidates with ≥24-hour antibiotic utilization on admission, recent prebiotic or probiotic utilization, artificial nutrition, acute gastrointestinal disorders, severe traumatic brain injury, recent hospitalization, institutionalization, expected discharge ≤48 hours, or admission for end-of-life care...
March 3, 2023: Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences