Incidence of Delirium in ICU Patients With and Without COVID-19 in a Costa Rican Hospital
The study results do not show a significant relationship between COVID-19-positive patients and the development of delirium. Similarly, no higher mortality was observed in those patients who experienced delirium during their ICU stay.
Authors
- Abigail Fallas-Mora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1857-5385)
- Esteban Zavaleta‐Monestel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-0079)
- Carolina Rojas-Chinchilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3595-4982)
- José Pablo Díaz‐Madriz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3637-6168)
- José Miguel Chaverri‐Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-7740)
- Jonathan García-Montero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5088-0257)
- Paola Alvarado-Ajun
- Ernesto Martínez-Vargas
Institutions
- Universidad de Costa Rica (CR)
- Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional (CR)
- Universidad de San Jose (CR)
- Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana (CR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.70007
- Primary Topic
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00