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Delirium significantly worsens prognosis and is associated with increased mortality at discharge and at 12 months. A significant proportion of patients with ... ForYou News&Perspective Drugs&Diseases CME&Education Academy Video DecisionPoint  Specialty: Multispecialty Allergy&Immunology Anesthesiology BusinessofMedicine Cardiology CriticalCare Dermatology Diabetes&Endocrinology EmergencyMedicine FamilyMedicine Gastroenterology GeneralSurgery Hematology-Oncology HIV/AIDS HospitalMedicine InfectiousDiseases InternalMedicine Multispecialty Nephrology Neurology Ob/Gyn&Women'sHealth Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopedics Pathology&LabMedicine Pediatrics PlasticSurgery Psychiatry PublicHealth PulmonaryMedicine Radiology Rheumatology Transplantation Urology MedicalStudents Nurses Pharmacists Residents TodayonMedscape Edition: ENGLISH DEUTSCH ESPAÑOL FRANÇAIS PORTUGUÊS LogIn SignUpIt'sFree! Edition: ENGLISH DEUTSCH ESPAÑOL FRANÇAIS PORTUGUÊS Register LogIn NoResults NoResults Saturday,November6,2021 ForYou News&Perspective Drugs&Diseases CME&Education Academy Video DecisionPoint close PleaseconfirmthatyouwouldliketologoutofMedscape. Ifyoulogout,youwillberequiredtoenteryourusernameandpasswordthenexttimeyouvisit. Logout Cancel https://profreg.medscape.com/px/getpracticeprofile.do?method=getProfessionalProfile&urlCache=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWVkc2NhcGUuY29tL2Fuc3dlcnMvMjg4ODkwLTMxODAxL3doYXQtaXMtdGhlLXByb2dub3Npcy1vZi1kZWxpcml1bQ== processing.... Drugs&Diseases > Psychiatry > DeliriumQ&A Whatistheprognosisofdelirium? Updated:Apr25,2019 Author:KannayiramAlagiakrishnan,MD,MBBS,MPH,MHA;ChiefEditor:GlenLXiong,MD more... References Share Email Print Feedback Close Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Answer Deliriumsignificantlyworsensprognosisandisassociatedwithincreasedmortalityatdischargeandat12months.Asignificantproportionofpatientswithdeliriumduringtheirhospitaladmissioncontinuedtodemonstratesymptomsofdeliriumatdischarge,6-month,and12-monthfollow-up. [19] Resolutionofsymptomsmaytakelongerinpatientswithpoorpremorbidcognitivefunction,incorrectorincompletediagnosisofcontributingfactors,andstructuralbraindiseasestreatedwithlargedosesofpsychoactivemedicationspriortotheonsetofacutemedicalillness. Forsomepatients,thecognitiveeffectsofdeliriummayresolveslowlyornotatall. ReadMore Didthisansweryourquestion? Yes No Additionalfeedback?(Optional) Submit Thankyouforyourfeedback! RelatedQuestions:   References AmericanPsychiatricAssociation.DiagnosticandStatisticalManualofMentalDisorders,FifthEdition.5thed.Washington,DC:AmericanPsychiatricAssociation;2013. 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MediaGallery of 0 Tables BacktoList ContributorInformationandDisclosures Author KannayiramAlagiakrishnan,MD,MBBS,MPH,MHA Professor,DepartmentofMedicine,DivisionofGeriatricMedicine,UniversityofAlbertaFacultyofMedicineandDentistry,Canada KannayiramAlagiakrishnan,MD,MBBS,MPH,MHAisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanCollegeofPhysicians,AmericanGeriatricsSocietyDisclosure:Nothingtodisclose. SpecialtyEditorBoard FranciscoTalavera,PharmD,PhD AdjunctAssistantProfessor,UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenterCollegeofPharmacy;Editor-in-Chief,MedscapeDrugReferenceDisclosure:ReceivedsalaryfromMedscapeforemployment.for:Medscape. ChiefEditor GlenLXiong,MD AssociateClinicalProfessor,DepartmentofPsychiatryandBehavioralSciences,DepartmentofInternalMedicine,UniversityofCalifornia,Davis,SchoolofMedicine;MedicalDirector,SacramentoCountyMentalHealthTreatmentCenter GlenLXiong,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AMDA-TheSocietyforPost-AcuteandLong-TermCareMedicine,AmericanCollegeofPhysicians,AmericanPsychiatricAssociation,CentralCaliforniaPsychiatricSocietyDisclosure:Nothingtodisclose. AdditionalContributors MohammedAMemon,MD Psychiatrist/GeriatricPsychiatrist,CarolinaCenterforBehavioralHealth;AssistantProfessorofPsychiatry,VirginiaCommonwealthUniversitySchoolofMedicine MohammedAMemon,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanAssociationforGeriatricPsychiatry,AmericanMedicalAssociation,AmericanPsychiatricAssociationDisclosure:Nothingtodisclose. Acknowledgements PatriciaBlanchette,MDDepartmentChairandDirector,GeriatricMedicineFellowshipProgram,ProfessorofGeriatricMedicine,JohnABurnsSchoolofMedicine,UniversityofHawaii PatriciaBlanchette,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanCollegeofPhysicians,AmericanGeriatricsSociety,AmericanMedicalAssociation,AmericanMedicalDirectorsAssociation,GerontologicalSocietyofAmerica,andHawaiiMedicalAssociation Disclosure:Nothingtodisclose. FindUsOn About AboutMedscape PrivacyPolicy EditorialPolicy Cookies DoNotSellMyPersonalInformation TermsofUse AdvertisingPolicy HelpCenter Membership BecomeaMember AboutYou ProfessionalInformation Newsletters&Alerts Apps Medscape CME&Education WebMDNetwork MedscapeLiveEvents WebMD MedicineNet eMedicineHealth RxList WebMDCorporate Editions English Deutsch Español Français Português Allmaterialonthiswebsiteisprotectedbycopyright,Copyright©1994-2021byWebMDLLC.Thiswebsitealsocontainsmaterialcopyrightedby3rdparties. Close