2021
DOI: 10.22541/au.162745747.78941421/v1
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Clinical Features and Predisposing Factors of Delirium Due to Covid-19 Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units

Abstract: Background: Delirium is an acute disorder of attention, perception, memory, thought, mood, psychomotor activity and sleep-wake cycle that develops intermittently during the day. It is commonly seen in hospitalized elderly patients. Delirium is also a common clinical picture in patients hospitalized in intensive care units due to COVID-19 pneumonia. In this study, we reviewed clinical features and predisposing factors of delirium according to psychomotor subtypes in patients hospitalized in the ICU due to COVID… Show more

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“…With a mean age of 81.7±4 years and a huge prevalence of the male sex, the cases described in the present study appear to follow the evidence in the literature, which report a greater risk of developing delirium in males and among the elderly, a well as among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 (75)(76)(77)(78)(79).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 86%
“…With a mean age of 81.7±4 years and a huge prevalence of the male sex, the cases described in the present study appear to follow the evidence in the literature, which report a greater risk of developing delirium in males and among the elderly, a well as among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 (75)(76)(77)(78)(79).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 86%
“…Unexpectedly, the occurrence of delirium in our COVID-19 cohort was not associated with certain factors previously reported to predispose to a more severe disease course–which might in turn result into a higher risk of delirium. In particular, delirium was not associated with male gender, cardiovascular disease, or metabolic syndrome–factors well associated with a severe disease COVID-19 course [ 36 38 ]. This observation is interesting as it suggests that the factors predisposing to a severe disease course of COVID-19 and the factors predisposing to COVID-19-associated delirium partially dissociate.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although effective preventive interventions for delirium in hospital settings are currently lacking, physicians and healthcare providers can alleviate modifiable risk factors within the APCU by providing exercise programs and family support to reduce the occurrence of delirium 6 . Therefore, early recognition and prevention are essential in patients with risk factors for developing delirium 7 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%