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• Older people are most vulnerable to severe COVID-19 infections and mortality. • Current guidance for diagnosis does not routinely include delirium, which may lead to under-detection of COVID19. •… Click to show full abstract
• Older people are most vulnerable to severe COVID-19 infections and mortality. • Current guidance for diagnosis does not routinely include delirium, which may lead to under-detection of COVID19. • The care home population is particularly at risk, as failure to promptly detect COVID-19 may lead to outbreaks. • Non-pharmacological approaches to management of delirium may be more difficult to implement but remain the priority.
Keywords:
missing piece;
covid pandemic;
piece covid;
covid;
delirium;
delirium missing
Journal Title: Age and Ageing
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: Age and Ageing
Year Published: 2020
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