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Objectives
(1) To determine the relationship of incident delirium during hospitalization with 90‐day mortality; (2) to identify potential in‐hospital mediators through which delirium increases 90‐day mortality.
Design
Analysis of data from Project Recovery, a controlled clinical trial of a delirium prevention intervention from 1995 to 1998 with follow‐up through 2000.
Setting
Large academic hospital...