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Background: Delirium is one of the most common medical emergencies and is associated with poor outcomes including: mortality, prolonged length of stay and poor functional outcome. The more severe delirium is the worst the clinical outcomes of medical illness. Despite the obvious, not much has been documented on delirium severity and its associated factors among medical inpatients in low income countries including Nigeria. Objectives: This study was conducted to examine the severity of delirium among medical inpatients admitted through the Accident and Emergency unit of Jos University Teaching Hospital as well as to assess its associated Sociodemographic and Clinical characteristics. Method: This was a cross-sectional study that employed a consecutive sampling technique to select 290 eligible subjects from medical inpatients that presented to Accident and Emergency unit of Jos University Teaching Hospital. On admission, patients were assessed for delirium using Confusion Assessment Method and severity of delirium was evaluated using Delirium Rating Scale-Revised-98. Results: Of the 105 delirious medical inpatients, 48 (45.7%) had severe delirium, 41 (39.1%) developed less severe delirium while 16 (15.2) presented with no severe delirium. Sociodemographic characteristics found to be significantly associated with less to more severe delirium include male gender (P = 0.001), nonprofessionals (P = 0.003), income range of N20,000 - N49,000 (P Conclusion: This study demonstrates that delirium is often associated with higher severity in Accident and Emergency unit admission and there are strongly associated clinical characteristics to watch out for in high risk medical inpatients.
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篇名 Delirium Severity and Correlates among Medical Inpatients Admitted through Accident and Emergency Unit of Jos University Teaching Hospital
来源期刊 急诊医学(英文) 学科 医学
关键词 DELIRIUM SEVERITY and CORRELATES AMONG Medical Inpatients Admitted through Accident and Emergency UNIT of Jos UNIVERSITY Teaching Hospital
年,卷(期) 2018,(3) 所属期刊栏目
研究方向 页码范围 31-42
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DELIRIUM
SEVERITY
and
CORRELATES
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Medical
Inpatients
Admitted
through
Accident
and
Emergency
UNIT
of
Jos
UNIVERSITY
Teaching
Hospital
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急诊医学(英文)
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2332-1806
武汉市江夏区汤逊湖北路38号光谷总部空间
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