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Delirium in the Acute Phase After Stroke
Neurol 76:993-999, Oldenbeuvig,A.W., et al, 2011
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Article Abstract
Delirium occurs in almost 1 out of every 8 patients with stroke on a stroke unit and is associated with cognitive decline, infection, right-sided hemispheric stroke, anterior circulation large-vessel stroke, stroke severity, and brain atrophy. Delirium after stroke is associated with a worse outcome.
 
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