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- | ==== Depression, Delirium, or Dementia? ==== | + | ==== Dementia, Depression, or Delirium? ==== |
- | <alert icon="fa fa-arrow-circle-right fa-lg fa-fw" type="success">See also: **[[:cognitive-testing|]]**, **[[geri:dementia:home|Dementia]]**, and **[[mood:1-depression:geriatric|]]**</alert> | + | <alert icon="fa fa-arrow-circle-right fa-lg fa-fw" type="success">See also: **[[geri:dementia:home|]]**, **[[mood:1-depression:geriatric|]]**, and [[cl:1-delirium|]]</alert> |
In the geriatric population, it is important to differentiate between delirium, dementia, and depression, which can be difficult to distinguish.[([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1124165/|Brown, T. M., & Boyle, M. F. (2002). Delirium. Bmj, 325(7365), 644-647.]])][([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4535349/|Fong, T. G., Davis, D., Growdon, M. E., Albuquerque, A., & Inouye, S. K. (2015). The interface of delirium and dementia in older persons. The Lancet. Neurology, 14(8), 823.]])][([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3065676/table/T1/?report=objectonly|Fong, T. G., Tulebaev, S. R., & Inouye, S. K. (2009). Delirium in elderly adults: diagnosis, prevention and treatment. Nature reviews neurology, 5(4), 210.]])] The prevalence of delirium superimposed on dementia ranges anywhere from 22% to 89% of hospitalized and community populations aged 65 and older with dementia. The negative outcomes of these co-occuring conditions include accelerated and long-term cognitive, functional decline, institutionalization, re-hospitalization, and increased mortality.[([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12366629|Fick, D. M., Agostini, J. V., & Inouye, S. K. (2002). Delirium superimposed on dementia: a systematic review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50(10), 1723-1732.]])] | In the geriatric population, it is important to differentiate between delirium, dementia, and depression, which can be difficult to distinguish.[([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1124165/|Brown, T. M., & Boyle, M. F. (2002). Delirium. Bmj, 325(7365), 644-647.]])][([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4535349/|Fong, T. G., Davis, D., Growdon, M. E., Albuquerque, A., & Inouye, S. K. (2015). The interface of delirium and dementia in older persons. The Lancet. Neurology, 14(8), 823.]])][([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3065676/table/T1/?report=objectonly|Fong, T. G., Tulebaev, S. R., & Inouye, S. K. (2009). Delirium in elderly adults: diagnosis, prevention and treatment. Nature reviews neurology, 5(4), 210.]])] The prevalence of delirium superimposed on dementia ranges anywhere from 22% to 89% of hospitalized and community populations aged 65 and older with dementia. The negative outcomes of these co-occuring conditions include accelerated and long-term cognitive, functional decline, institutionalization, re-hospitalization, and increased mortality.[([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12366629|Fick, D. M., Agostini, J. V., & Inouye, S. K. (2002). Delirium superimposed on dementia: a systematic review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50(10), 1723-1732.]])] |