Mortality and Functional Disability of Post-stroke Delirium

Association of delirium post-stroke with early and late mortality.

Delirium post-stroke.

Delirium is not only one of the most common complications that older patients develop after admission to hospital but it is also one of the most serious. Although stroke is a known predisposing factor for delirium, few studies have investigated this association and results from existing studies give conflicting results with prevalence estimates ranging from 13 to 48%. The aetiology of delirium ...

Predictors for Post- Stroke Delirium Outcome

BACKGROUND There have been only a small number of studies that have evaluated the outcome of post-stroke delirium. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of gender, age, stroke localization, delirium severity, previous illnesses, associated medical complications on delirium outcome as well as, to determine effects of delirium on cognitive functioning one year after stroke. PATIENTS AND METHODS ...

Predictors of mortality and disability in stroke.

The increasingly accurate prediction of survival and functional recovery in patients with stroke will be of value in planning both their individual management and the health and social services needed. To establish the independent predictive effects of a range of personal and clinical characteristics, data on 900 patients admitted to Northwick Park Hospital with stroke were analysed by stepwise...

Delirium in Hospitalized Elderly Patients and Post-Discharge Mortality

OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of delirium on post-discharge mortality in hospitalized older patients. INTRODUCTION Delirium is frequent in hospitalized older patients and correlates with high hospital mortality. There are only a few studies about its impact on post-discharge mortality. METHODS This is a prospective study of patients over 60 years old who were hospitalized in the Geriatr...