Meeting
Abstract Number: 352
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Delirium is an acute change in mental status affecting 10-64% of hospitalized patients, and may be preventable in 30-40% cases. There was no standardized protocol for delirium at our hospital prior to 2014. In October 2013, we formed a task force for delirium prevention and early identification across 18 medical-surgical units in our hospital. […]