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V interesting #NHSEdeliriumwebinar with talks by @adamgordon1978 @delirious_dr @psychinformatic @emmavardy2 Lots of learning points/useful references:
- confusion 5th most common symptom of #covid19 in ALL age grps http://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1985 (1/4)
- confusion 5th most common symptom of #covid19 in ALL age grps http://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1985 (1/4)
- Delirium in covid is common (42% in UCLH point prevalence study) but under-recognised http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.07.20115188
- Point prevalence of 313 UK NH residents = 40%, of whom 43% had no symptoms, 1/3 of symptomatic pts had no 'typical' symptoms (2/4)
- Point prevalence of 313 UK NH residents = 40%, of whom 43% had no symptoms, 1/3 of symptomatic pts had no 'typical' symptoms (2/4)
- the symptom with the strongest independent association with being positive for SARS-CoV-2 was new onset anorexia (note this may be a manifestation of delirium)
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2020.05.073 (3/4)
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2020.05.073 (3/4)
- among patients with dementia (acute hospital in N. Italy) the most frequent presentation of covid-19 (in 67%) was delirium, predominantly hypoactive. doi: 10.1007/s12603-020-1389-1 (4/4)
