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New Research: Delirium in Hip Fracture Patients Associated with Doubled Mortality Risk I'm pleased to share our new study on delirium and hip fracture, led by Rose Penfold. 91% of all hip fracture patients attending Scottish hospitals had a 4AT delirium assessment tool

🦴 Did you know that delirium affects 1 in 5 patients when they first present to hospital with a hip fracture? A recent large-scale study from Scotland, involving over 18,000 patients aged 50+, found that delirium at the time of presentation was linked to: ⚠️ 2x higher risk of

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⁉️ Think it's impossible to achieve high rates of DELIRIUM screening? Think again: ⭐️ 91% completion of 4AT ⭐️ hip fracture patients ⭐️ whole of Scotland data ⭐️ N=18,040 #delirium Rose Penfold Andrew Hall 🦴🔨 ⚽️ 🏉 🩺 Karen Adam NIDUS Delirium Network Ken Covinsky WesElyMD

boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/10.130…

Delirium assessment on initial presentation is feasible at national scale and should be considered standard care for all hip fracture patients. #Delirium #Trauma Rose Penfold Luke Farrow Andrew Hall 🦴🔨 ⚽️ 🏉 🩺 Kirsty Ward Andrew D Duckworth Alasdair MacLullich ow.ly/wPvv50VzNJJ

🌟 Calling all researchers! 🌟 We are now accepting late-breaking abstracts for thematic research snapshot sessions! #ADS25NASH🧠💡 Submission Deadline: Friday, May 9, 2025. Don't miss this chance to showcase your research! #Deliriumresearch #ADSthematicresearchsnapshots

☑️ The original CAM works ‼️ But an unvalidated CAM variant - with no cognitive testing/interview - is widely used in clinical practice ⚠️ This 'CAM-Lite' has dangerously low sensitivity ➡️ New blog on this critical issue in #delirium care Link below⏬

Great to see our systematic review of delirium detection tools used in routine care featured in the JAGS Top 10 studies of 2024: americangeriatrics.org/publications-t… Full paper: doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18… JAGS Alasdair MacLullich

How #delirium detection tools perform in the real world? Check out this systematic review in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Open access. A JAGS top 10 for 2024! Congratulations to first author Rose Penfold 🎉

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📣 Published! This review led by Niamh Merriman 🇮🇪 evaluated how national hip fracture registries capture delirium & cognitive data 📊64% collect delirium data 📊82% cognitive data 🚨 Variation in tools & reporting. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4rmp8bmv #HealthDataScience #medtwitter

⭐️ New research on dementia in hospital inpatients. 🧠 87% of patients with #dementia had abnormal 4AT scores (≥1), vs only 29% without dementia. ➡️ The 4AT - already globally used for #delirium screening - could help identify undiagnosed dementia. Led by Rose Penfold

academic.oup.com/ageing/article… the4AT.com

🏥 In the 4AT, scores of 4 or more indicate #delirium, & scores of 1-3 indicate cognitive impairment with no delirium. 🆕 In this new study we examined relationships of 4AT scores with established dementia diagnosis. N=75,221 - routine data 3/

🔗 Open access pdf: academic.oup.com/ageing/article…