The aim of the study is to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of a series of older patients consecutively admitted into a non-ICU ward due to SARS-CoV-2 infection (14, males 11), developing delirium. Hypokinetic delirium with lethargy and confusion was observed in 43% of cases (6/14 patients). A total of eight patients exhibited hyperkinetic delirium and 50% of these patients (4/8) died. The overall mortality rate was 71% (10/14 patients). Among the four survivors we observed two different clinical patterns: two patients exhibited dementia and no ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), while the remaining two patients exhibited ARDS and no dementia. The observed different clinical patterns of delirium (hypokinetic delirium; hyperkinetic delirium with or without dementia; hyperkinetic delirium with or without ARDS) identified patients with different prognosis: we believe these observations may have an impact on the management of older subjects with delirium due to COVID-19.
【저자키워드】 Mortality, elderly, frailty, COVID 19, delirium, 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, ARDS, Clinical characteristics, SARS-COV-2 infection, outcome, Dementia, older patient, management, male, Patient, patients, acute respiratory distress, observation, Confusion, overall mortality, lethargy, syndrome, non-ICU, survivor, died, eight, exhibited, hyperkinetic delirium, hypokinetic, older subject, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19, clinical, presentation,