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predisposing factors associated with delirium
From reference [1]:
- older age
- cognitive impairment, dementia
- functional impairment:
- physical impairment, visual impairment, hearing impairment, frailty
- cardiovascular disease
- multiple comorbidities
- CNS disease: stroke, Parkinson's disease, previous delirium, olfactory disorder
- alcohol use
- male
- depression
- lower level of education
- malnutrition
- diabetes mellitus
- tobacco use
- anemia
- psychiatric disorder or trait
- female (does not make any sense; how can both male & female be predisposing?)
- multiple medications
- psychoactive medication
- malignant neoplasm
- chronic pain
- pulmonary disease: obstructive sleep apnea, COPD
- poor sleep quality
- chronic kidney disease
- non-English language
- narcotic analgesic
- white race
- vitamin D deficiency
- anticholinergic agents
- biomarkers
- biomarkers of neurodegeneration:
- amyloid-beta 42 in CSF
- MRI white matter hyperintensities
- reduction in gray matter
- thinner cerebral cortex
- SNPs (SNVs) in DRD2 & SLC6A3
- APOE4
- AG haplotype of GRIN3A
- COMT Val-127
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risk factors for delirium
References
- Ormseth CH, LaHue SC, Oldham MA et al
Predisposing and Precipitating Factors Associated With Delirium.
A Systematic Review.
JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(1):e2249950
PMID: 36607634
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2800112