“…Eighteen studies investigated the association between CRP serum concentration at hospital admission and delirium during hospitalization (10, 13,17,19,20,23,25,35,38,41,46,47,49,50,55,57,63,65). Mean CRP serum concentrations at hospital admission were reported in 15 studies, with a difference of 41.39 mg/L between the means that is greater in patients who developed delirium than in those who did not (10, 13,17,19,20,23,25,35,38,41,49,50,55,57,65). High heterogeneity was observed between these 15 studies, with a p-value of < 0.00001 for chi-square, I 2 of 98%, and p < 0.00001 for the total overall effect (Figure 2).…”