The relationship between delirium and dementia

Because delirium, cognitive impairment, and dementia appear to be inter-connected, strategies to prevent delirium may help reduce the risk of cognitive decline, or dementia, in older patients.¹ As shown on the slide, the multitude of factors involved present many opportunities for intervening in the hypothetical disease process that leads from delirium to dementia.¹

Reference:
1. Fong TG, Inouye SK. The inter-relationship between delirium and dementia: the importance of delirium prevention. Nat Rev Neurol 2022; 18 (10): 579–596.