Hyperactive delirium during emergency department stay: analysis of risk factors and association with short-term outcomes


Por: Miró Ò., Osorio G., Alquézar-Arbé A., Aguiló S., Fernández C., Burillo G., Jacob J., Llorens P., Llauger L., Peláez González Á., Figuera Castro E.R., Juarez González R., Blanco Hoffman M.J., Fernandez Salgado F., Pablos Pizarro T., Berenguer Díez M.A., Truyol Más M., López-Laguna N., Garcia Acosta J., Fernandez Domato C., Diego Robledo F.J., Ezponda P., Martinez Lorenzo A., Ortega Liarte J.V., García Rupérez I., Borne Jerez S., Corugedo Ovies C., Gallardo Sánchez B.A., Del Castillo J.G.

Publicada: 21 oct 2023 Ahead of Print: 1 ene 2023
Resumen:
To investigate factors related to the development of hyperactive delirium in patients during emergency department (ED) stay and the association with short-term outcomes. A secondary analysis of the EDEN (Emergency Department and Elderly Needs) multipurpose multicenter cohort was performed. Patients older than 65 years arriving to the ED in a calm state and who developed confusion and/or psychomotor agitation requiring intravenous/intramuscular treatment during their stay in ED were assigned to delirium group. Patients with psychiatric and epileptic disorders and intracranial hemorrhage were excluded. Thirty-four variables were compared in both groups and outcomes were adjusted for age, sex, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Barthel Index and polypharmacy. Hyperactive delirium that needed treatment were developed in 301 out of 18,730 patients (1.6%). Delirium was directly associated with previous episodes of delirium (OR: 2.44, 95% CI 1.24-4.82), transfer to the ED observation unit (1.62, 1.23-2.15), chronic treatment with opiates (1.51, 1.09-2.09) and length of ED stay longer than 12 h (1.41, 1.02-1.97) and was indirectly associated with chronic kidney disease (0.60, 0.37-0.97). The 30-day all-cause mortality was 4.0% in delirium group and 2.9% in non-delirium group (OR: 1.52, 95% CI 0.83-2.78), need for hospitalization 25.6% and 25% (1.09, 0.83-1.43), in-hospital mortality 16.4% and 7.3% (2.32, 1.24-4.35), prolonged hospitalization 54.5% and 48.6% (1.27, 0.80-2.00), respectively, and 90-day post-discharge combined adverse event 36.4% and 35.8%, respectively (1.06, 0.82-2.00). Patients with previous episodes of delirium, treatment with opioids and longer stay in ED more frequently develop delirium during ED stay and preventive measures should be taken to minimize the incidence. Delirium is associated with in-hospital mortality during the index event.

Filiaciones:
Miró Ò.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Osorio G.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Alquézar-Arbé A.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Aguiló S.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Fernández C.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

Burillo G.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, University of La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain

Jacob J.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Llorens P.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain

Llauger L.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Peláez González Á.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital del Nalón, Asturias, Langreo, Spain

Figuera Castro E.R.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Altagracia, Ciudad Real, Manzanares, Spain

Juarez González R.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Prado de Talavera de La Reina, Toledo, Spain

Blanco Hoffman M.J.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Vinalopó, Alicante, Elche, Spain

Fernandez Salgado F.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital de Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

Pablos Pizarro T.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain

Berenguer Díez M.A.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain

Truyol Más M.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Palma, Spain

López-Laguna N.:
 Emergency Department, Clinica Universitaria Navarra de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Garcia Acosta J.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Fernandez Domato C.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

Diego Robledo F.J.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Ezponda P.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital de Zumárraga, Guipúzcoa, Spain

Martinez Lorenzo A.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Virxe da Xunqueira, Cee, A Coruña, Spain

Ortega Liarte J.V.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Los Arcos del Mar Menor, San Javier, Murcia, Spain

García Rupérez I.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Río Ortega, Valladolid, Spain

Borne Jerez S.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez, Huelva, Spain

Corugedo Ovies C.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Gallardo Sánchez B.A.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

Del Castillo J.G.:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
ISSN: 18280447





Internal and Emergency Medicine
Editorial
SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL, VIA DECEMBRIO, 28, MILAN, 20137, ITALY, Italia
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 19 Número: 2
Páginas: 535-545
WOS Id: 001087698200001
ID de PubMed: 37865623
imagen hybrid, All Open Access; Hybrid Gold

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