Fit for Discharge?: A First-Cycle Audit Investigating the Documentation of Delirium in Medical Discharge Letters
Aims: Delirium is an acute confusional state, characterised by impacting the affected individual’s cognition and consciousness level to varying degrees over the course of an episode. Certain patient populations are more vulnerable to its development, of which the elderly are at particular risk. Ther...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2025-06-01
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| Series: | BJPsych Open |
| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425105668/type/journal_article |
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| Summary: | Aims: Delirium is an acute confusional state, characterised by impacting the affected individual’s cognition and consciousness level to varying degrees over the course of an episode. Certain patient populations are more vulnerable to its development, of which the elderly are at particular risk. There are many factors that both predispose to and perpetuate a delirium, including having experienced it before. Not only does experiencing delirium once increase an individual’s risk of experiencing it again, but it also increases the risk of developing progressive, terminal cognitive conditions such as dementia. Strong associations between delirium and increase in overall morbidity have also been confirmed in recent literature. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-4724 |