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Understanding the association between admission source and in-hospital delirium: a cross-sectional study

Meghan K Thomas, Marc E Heincelman, Jingwen Zhang, Justin Marsden, Jennifer Dulin, Patrick Robbins, Kelly Hunt, Patrick Mauldin, William P Moran, Benjamin Kalivas
DOI: 10.1136/jim-2022-002342 Published 6 September 2022
Meghan K Thomas
1Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Marc E Heincelman
1Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Jingwen Zhang
1Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Justin Marsden
1Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Jennifer Dulin
1Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Patrick Robbins
2Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Kelly Hunt
3Public Health, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Patrick Mauldin
1Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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William P Moran
1Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Benjamin Kalivas
1Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
4Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Abstract

Patients admitted via interhospital transfer (IHT) experience increased risk-adjusted mortality, adverse events, length of stay, and discharge to facility; however, the etiology is not well understood. We hypothesize that IHTs are more likely to experience in-hospital delirium as compared with admissions to the hospital via the emergency department (ED) and clinic. This is a cross-sectional study of all adult admissions to medical, surgical, neurological, and obstetrics and gynecology services at an academic medical center who were screened for delirium between August 2018 and January 2020. Unit of analysis was admission source (IHT vs ED vs clinic) as the independent variable and the primary outcome was in-hospital delirium, assessed with initial brief confusion assessment method (bCAM) screening. 30,100 hospitalizations were included in this study with 3925 admissions (13.0%) screening positive for delirium at the initial bCAM assessment. The prevalence of delirium was much higher in IHTs at 22.3% (1334/5971) when compared with clinic at 5.8% (244/4214) and ED at 11.8% (2347/19,915) admissions. Multivariable logistic regression adjusting for demographics and comorbidities showed that IHT admissions had higher odds (OR 1.91, 95% CI 1.74 to 2.10) and clinic admissions had lower odds (OR 0.56, 95% CI 0.48 to 0.64) of in-hospital delirium compared with ED admissions. Increased odds of delirium in IHT admissions may contribute to the observed increased length of stay, discharge to facility, and mortality. These results emphasize the importance of routine screening and possible intervention prior to patient transfer.

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  • Presented at Preliminary findings were presented at the 2021 Society of General Internal Medicine National Conference as a poster presentation.

  • Contributors MKT: study concept and design; acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; drafting and revising the manuscript for important intellectual content; final approval of the published version; agreement to be accountable for the work related to accuracy and integrity; guarantor and accepts full responsibility for the completed work and the conduct of the study, had access to the data, and controlled the decision to publish. MEH, WPM: study concept and design; interpretation of data; revising the manuscript for important intellectual content; final approval of the published version; agreement to be accountable for the work related to accuracy and integrity. JZ: study design; acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; drafting and revising the manuscript for important intellectual content; final approval of the published version; agreement to be accountable for the work related to accuracy and integrity. JM: study design; acquisition and analysis of data; revising the manuscript for important intellectual content; final approval of the published version; agreement to be accountable for the work related to accuracy and integrity. JD: study concept; acquisition and interpretation of data; revising the manuscript for important intellectual content; final approval of the published version; agreement to be accountable for the work related to accuracy and integrity. PR: study concept; interpretation of data; revising the manuscript for important intellectual content; final approval of the published version; agreement to be accountable for the work related to accuracy and integrity. KH, PM: study concept and design; acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; revising the manuscript for important intellectual content; final approval of the published version; agreement to be accountable for the work related to accuracy and integrity. BK: study concept and design; acquisition and interpretation of data; revising the manuscript for important intellectual content; final approval of the published version; agreement to be accountable for the work related to accuracy and integrity.

  • Funding This project was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA; grant number: T0BHP30003) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $2,673,342.

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Meghan K Thomas, Marc E Heincelman, Jingwen Zhang, Justin Marsden, Jennifer Dulin, Patrick Robbins, Kelly Hunt, Patrick Mauldin, William P Moran, Benjamin Kalivas
Journal of Investigative Medicine Sep 2022, jim-2022-002342; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2022-002342

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Meghan K Thomas, Marc E Heincelman, Jingwen Zhang, Justin Marsden, Jennifer Dulin, Patrick Robbins, Kelly Hunt, Patrick Mauldin, William P Moran, Benjamin Kalivas
Journal of Investigative Medicine Sep 2022, jim-2022-002342; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2022-002342
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Journal of Investigative Medicine Sep 2022, jim-2022-002342; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2022-002342
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