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Multicomponent, nonpharmacological delirium interventions for older inpatients
Eckstein, C.; Burkhardt, H. · Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2019 · Heft 10 · S. 229 bis 242
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IntroductionDelirium frequently occurs in older inpatients and constitutes a major and serious complication in acute care. It is associated with increased mortality [1,2,3,4,5,6] and worse outcomes, such as loss of personal independence [1, 2, 7, 8], significantly accelerated cognitive decline, a progressive pattern of dementia, increased hospital readmission and prolonged periods of hospitalization [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]. Old age [7, 8, 13,14,15] and predisposing (intrinsic) factors, such as chronic, especially cerebral diseases and geriatric syndromes, such as multimorbidity, frailty [16] and cognitive impairmen…
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Delirium
ältere Patienten
nicht-pharmakologische Interventionen
akute Versorgung
kognitive Beeinträchtigung
Risikofaktoren
Aged
Nonpharmacological Interventions
Cognitive Dysfunction
Hospitalization
Frailty
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