Acute confusional state in elderly orthopaedic patients: factors of importance for detection in nursing care
| Autor: | Ingalill Rahm Hallberg, Edith Andersson, Lars Gustafson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Geriatrics
Hip fracture medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Hazard ratio medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Nursing care Organic mental disorders Emergency medicine medicine Physical therapy Delirium Geriatrics and Gerontology Elective surgery medicine.symptom Risk factor business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 16:7-17 |
| ISSN: | 1099-1166 0885-6230 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/1099-1166(200101)16:1<7::aid-gps261>3.0.co;2-w |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to identify factors of significance in the development of acute confusional state (ACS) and the differences between patients who developed ACS and those who did not. METHOD AND RESULTS: Assessment, observations and interviews with 505 patients admitted to an orthopaedic clinic revealed that 51 patients developed ACS during their in-hospital stay. Patients admitted for hip fracture had a higher incidence of ACS (20.2%) than patients admitted for elective surgery for coxarthros or gonarthros (3.6%). The highest hazard ratio for ACS was several other physical diseases 15.94 (CI: 4.60-55.31 and p-value |
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