Clinical characteristics and risk factors associated with consultation‐confirmed delirium in hospitalized patients
Megumi Matsuda, Kazuhiko Yamamuro, Masatsugu Ikeuchi, Akihiro Minami, Izumi Harada, Takahira Yamauchi, Tetsuro Kitamura, Yasuyo Kobayashi, Yukako Ishida, Yusuke Inagaki, Jyunko Minamiguchi, Akira Kido, Takashi Okada · 2026
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Matsuda and colleagues mine hospital records in this 2026 study to learn which admitted patients actually develop delirium, the acute confusion that complicates hospital stays, under Japan's nationwide mandatory risk-screening policy. At Nara Medical University Hospital, every admission is checked against standard risk factors within three days, and specialists confirm suspected cases.
Among 20,980 hospitalized patients between June 2022 and November 2023, specialists confirmed delirium in 209 people, exactly 1.0 percent of admissions, even though 56.4 percent had flagged at least one risk factor on arrival. Multivariable modeling singled out three independent associations: dementia, with an odds ratio of about 4.0 against patients without it; a previous delirium episode, close behind; and heavy alcohol use, with a more modest effect. Age by itself did not survive adjustment, supporting vulnerability-based rather than age-based vigilance.
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| CREATOR | Megumi Matsuda, Kazuhiko Yamamuro, Masatsugu Ikeuchi, Akihiro Minami, Izumi Harada, Takahira Yamauchi, Tetsuro Kitamura, Yasuyo Kobayashi, Yukako Ishida, Yusuke Inagaki, Jyunko Minamiguchi, Akira Kido, Takashi Okada |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |