東大阪市立総合病院精神科におけるせん妄調査

Abstract

We investigated the demographic characteristics of patients with delirium in the Department of Psychiatry, Higashiosaka City General Hospital, during the period from April 2005 to March 2006. Forty-five patients (mean age 72.4 y.o.) were diagnosed with delirium, and 40 (89%) of these were over 60 years old. Seventeen patients (36%) suffered from malignant tumor as an underlying disease and 4 patients (24%) died during their admission. In order to treat delirium, risperidone (53%), quetiapine (20%), perospirone (7%), olanzapine (2%), haloperidol (4%) and tiapride (2%) were used. Finally, 16 patients (36%) were improved from the delirium state and the mean period of improvement from delirium was 10 days after the first examination. Finally, 9 patients (20%) of all patients who were diagnosed with delirium died from their physical complications.