Hospitalization-Related Delirium May Hasten Mental Decline In Patients With Dementia, Research Suggests

HealthDay (1/18, Preidt) reports, “Hospitalization-related delirium may speed mental decline in patients with dementia,” researchers concluded after examining medical records and “brain samples from nearly 1,000 people” who “were 65 and older when they died.” The findings were published online Jan. 18 in JAMA Psychiatry.

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— “Hospital-Related Delirium May Help Worsen Dementia,”Robert Preidt, HealthDay, January 18, 2017.

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