Sarah Damanti, Marta Cilla, Giordano Vitali, Valeria Tiraferri, Chiara Pomaranzi, Giulia De Rubertis, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Giuseppe Di Lucca, Raffaella Scotti, Emanuela Messina, Raffaele Dell'Acqua, Monica Guffanti, Paola Cinque, Antonella Castagna, Patrizia Rovere-Querini, Moreno Tresoldi
Older individuals face an elevated risk of developing geriatric syndromes when confronted with acute stressors like COVID-19. We assessed the connection between in-hospital delirium, malnutrition, and frailty in a cohort of COVID-19 survivors. Patients aged ≥65, hospitalized in a tertiary hospital in Milan for SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, were enrolled and screened for in-hospital delirium with the 4 'A's Test (4AT) performed twice daily (morning and evening) during hospital stay. Malnutrition was assessed with the malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) at hospital admission and with the mini-nutritional assessment short-form (MNA-SF) one month after hospital discharge...
November 9, 2023: Nutrients