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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Zand, M.D.[2] Pratik Bahekar, MBBS [3]; Vishal Khurana, M.B.B.S., M.D. [4]; Jesus Rosario Hernandez, M.D. [5]
Overview
Delirium is common in the elderly, ICU settings, and nursing home.
Epidemiology and demography
- The prevalence of delirium is approximately 23,000 per 100,000 hospitalized patients worldwide.[1]
- Between May 2009 to August 2012, the incidence of delirium was estimated to be 8700 cases per 100,000 African-Americans in Indianapolis.[2]
Age
- Delirium is more commonly observed among elderly patients, especially age> 65 year-old.
Gender
- Male < 65 year-old are more commonly affected with delirium.[3]
- Delirium is more commonly observed among Female≥ 85-year-old with medical comorbidities
Race
- There is no racial predilection for delirium.
- Young African-American patients are less likely to develop delirium compared with Caucasians of the same age. [4]
References
- ↑ Gibb K, Seeley A, Quinn T, Siddiqi N, Shenkin S, Rockwood K, Davis D (April 2020). "The consistent burden in published estimates of delirium occurrence in medical inpatients over four decades: a systematic review and meta-analysis study". Age Ageing. 49 (3): 352–360. doi:10.1093/ageing/afaa040. PMC 7187871 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 32239173 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Khan BA, Perkins A, Hui SL, Gao S, Campbell NL, Farber MO, Boustani MA (September 2016). "Relationship Between African-American Race and Delirium in the ICU". Crit Care Med. 44 (9): 1727–34. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001813. PMC 5240583. PMID 27276344.
- ↑ Serpytis P, Navickas P, Navickas A, Serpytis R, Navickas G, Glaveckaite S (2017). "Age- and gender-related peculiarities of patients with delirium in the cardiac intensive care unit". Kardiol Pol. 75 (10): 1041–1050. doi:10.5603/KP.a2017.0122. PMID 28715077.
- ↑ Khan, Babar A.; Perkins, Anthony; Hui, Siu L.; Gao, Sujuan; Campbell, Noll L.; Farber, Mark O.; Boustani, Malaz A. (2016). "Relationship Between African-American Race and Delirium in the ICU". Critical Care Medicine. 44 (9): 1727–1734. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001813. ISSN 0090-3493.