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3088089

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-8-18
pubmed:abstractText
All patients admitted to three medical services at the New York Hospital during a one-month period were screened with Folstein's Mini-Mental State Examination. The prevalence of cognitive impairment was 19.8% (23 of 116). Cognitively "impaired" patients, ie, those with a Folstein score less than 24, were older, sicker, and less physiologically stable than the cognitively "intact." The in-hospital mortality (17 versus 5%) and morbidity (39 versus 18%) rates were higher for the cognitively "impaired" patients; these differences could be explained by the greater severity of illness, instability, and comorbidity found in these patients. Cognitively "impaired" patients were particularly susceptible to respiratory complications. Cognitively "impaired" patients had longer lengths of hospital stay, spent more time in hospital awaiting placement, and were more likely to be discharged to a nursing home or require home assistance than their cognitively "intact" counterparts. Three-month mortality rates were also higher for the cognitively "impaired" patients (30 versus 15%). These findings suggest that cognitive impairment on admission may be regarded as a marker for patients with poorer prognoses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-8614
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
579-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-3-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Cognitive impairment. Can it predict the course of hospitalized patients?
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study