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cord-308010-ix0xi5jb	Mcloughlin, Benjamin C.	Functional and cognitive outcomes after COVID-19 delirium	2020-07-14		.txt	text/plain	2270	130	45	Delirium is closely linked with adverse outcomes, including higher mortality, increased length of stay, long-term cognitive and functional decline, and risk of institutionalisation [2, 3] . Early studies describing the broad neurological features of COVID-19 suggest that 20-30% of hospitalised patients will present with or develop delirium or mental status changes, increasing to 60-70% in severe cases [8] [9] [10] . We set out to describe the point prevalence of delirium in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, and quantify its association with mortality and cognitive and physical impairments at 4 weeks. We conducted a point prevalence study at University College Hospital of every inpatient (including critical care) with a diagnosis of COVID-19. For secondary outcomes, we treated TICS-m and Barthel + NEADL scores as continuous and compared these in people with and without delirium using linear regression, adjusted by age, sex and Clinical Frailty Scale score (as a continuous measure). In patients hospitalised with COVID-19, delirium was found to be prevalent-but often undetected-and was associated with poor functional outcomes.	./cache/cord-308010-ix0xi5jb.txt	./txt/cord-308010-ix0xi5jb.txt