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Persistent Delirium Predicts Greater Mortality

Dan K. Kiely, Edward R. Marcantonio, Sharon K. Inouye, Michele L. Shaffer, Margaret A. Bergmann, Frances M. Yang, Michael A. Fearing, Richard N. Jones

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2008 · 228 citations · 46 references

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Abstract

In patients who were delirious at the time of PAC admission, persistent delirium was a significant independent predictor of 1-year mortality.

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