Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: Occurrence and Clinical Course in Older Patients

OBJECTIVES: To describe the occurrence of delirium in a cohort of older medical intensive care unit (ICU) patients and its short‐term duration in the hospital and to determine the association between preexisting dementia and the occurrence of delirium.

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