Publication: Delirium at the end of life
Delirium at the end of life
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Knoepfel, S., Bode, L., Gehrke, S., Spiller, T., Fuchs, S., Ernst, J., von Känel, R., & Boettger, S. (2021). Delirium at the end of life. Palliative & Supportive Care, 19(3), 268–273. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1478951520000875
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The general in-hospital mortality and interrelationship with delirium are vastly understudied. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the rates of in-hospital mortality and terminal delirium. Method
In this prospective cohort study of 28,860 patients from 37 services including 718 in-hospital deaths, mortality rates and prevalence of terminal delirium were determined with simple logistic regressions and their respective odds ratios (ORs). Results
Although overall in-hospital mortality was low (2.5%), substantial variance
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Knoepfel, S., Bode, L., Gehrke, S., Spiller, T., Fuchs, S., Ernst, J., von Känel, R., & Boettger, S. (2021). Delirium at the end of life. Palliative & Supportive Care, 19(3), 268–273. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1478951520000875