Delirium em idosos admitidos em um serviço hospitalar de emergência

Abstract

Objective: Verify the presence of delirium in the elderly who enter the Emergency Department (ED) of the Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria (HUSM), its relationship with sociodemographic variables, reason and length of hospitalization, comorbidities and death. Methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional study that analyzed data related to the sociodemographic profile, Confusion Assessment Method, Charlson Comorbidity Index and follow-up of in-hospital death outcomes and length of stay. The period analyzed in the study is between the months of July and December 2019. Results: Of the 731 participants, 394 (53.9%) were male and with an average age of 72 years. Delirium was identified in 98 (13.41%) participants and death in 119 (16.27%). There was an association of delirium with age, marital status, comorbidities, length of stay and death. Conclusion: The results described alert for the high incidence of delirium in emergency units and its strong relationship with a worse prognosis.