Delirium in COVID‑19 pneumonia: looking inside the geriatric unit

Intern Emerg Med. 2022 Aug;17(5):1551-1552. doi: 10.1007/s11739-022-02969-z. Epub 2022 Mar 12.

Authors

Nicolas Vargas¹, Andrea Fabbo², Alastair Glossop³, Antonio M Esquinas⁴

Affiliations

¹ Medicine Department, Geriatric ward., San Giuseppe Moscati High Survey Hospital, Avellino, Italy. nicolavargas@tin.it.
² Geriatric Service, Cognitive Disorders and Dementia Unit, Health Authority and Services (AUSL ) of Modena, Modena, Italy.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain.

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Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Delirium; Geriatric unit; Neuropsychiatric disorder; Severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19* / complications
Delirium* / etiology
Humans
SARS-CoV-2