Pathway from Delirium to Death: Potential In‐Hospital Mediators of Excess Mortality
Dharmarajan K, Swami S, Gou RY, Jones RN, Inouye SK. Pathway from Delirium to Death: Potential In‐Hospital Mediators of Excess Mortality. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2016, 65: 1026-1033. PMID: 28039852, PMCID: PMC5435507, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14743.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNoxious insultsIncident deliriumAssociation of deliriumDelirium prevention interventionDay of admissionHospitalized older adultsLarge academic hospitalPotential downstream mediatorsDevelopment of hospitalsUsual careHospital admissionBivariable analysisClinical trialsAcademic hospitalExcess mortalityIncreases mortalityDeliriumPrevention interventionsHigh riskPatientsMortalityInverse probabilityOlder adultsInsultDownstream mediator