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## ABSTRACT **Background:** Delirium frequently accompanies acute illness. With treatment of the illness, some individuals recover from delirium while for others the symptoms persist. It is not understood why some individuals improve but others do not. The purpose of this paper is to review systematically what is known about the factors associated with the persistence of delirium. **Methods:** A medical literature search was conducted using several bibliographic databases, supplemented by manual searches of the references. English or French studies were included if they compared two groups of delirious individuals in delirium duration or persistence up to six months after the onset of delirium, diagnosed prospectively with the __Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders__ (DSM) criteria (or a scale derived and validated against the DSM). Information was collected on the association between possible non-therapeutic prognostic variables and delirium persistence. **Results:** Twenty-one observational studies were included, in various settings (e.g. mixed medical-surgical, medical or geriatric, surgical, psychiatric, cancer or palliative care units). Variables assessed incl
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- Author
- Monidipa Dasgupta; Loretta M. Hillier
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)