Delirium in COVID-19: common, distressing and linked with poor outcomes. . . can we do better?

Age Ageing. 2021 Sep 11;50(5):1436-1438. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afab153.

Authors

Alexandra Peterson¹, Alessandra Marengoni², Susan Shenkin³, Alasdair MacLullich⁴

Affiliations

¹ Geriatric Medicine, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, Scotland.
² Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
³ Geriatric Medicine Unit, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
⁴ Edinburgh Delirium Research Group, Geriatric Medicine Unit, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.

No abstract available

Keywords: covid-19; delirium; mortality; older people.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Delirium* / diagnosis
Delirium* / epidemiology
Humans
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2