Delirium: risk factors

Evidence-based neurology checklist on delirium: risk factors: Individual risk factors Older age Males Frailty Smoking Social isolation Sleep deprivation Immobilisation Physical restraint Unaccustomed environment Medical risk factors Drug-induced risk factors Synonym

Individual risk factors

  • Older age
  • Males
  • Frailty
  • Smoking
  • Social isolation
  • Sleep deprivation
  • Immobilisation
  • Physical restraint
  • Unaccustomed environment

Medical risk factors

Drug-induced risk factors

Synonym

References

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