Medical Student Research Forum Posters

Delirium is an acute, fluctuating condition with an alteration in level of consciousness associated with inattention and disorganized thinking, significantly impacting mortality, morbidity and hospital length of stay. Delirium is the most common complication afflicting hospitalized patients ages 65 years and older, affecting more than 2.6 million older adults each year in the United States. 1 This study will evaluate the effects of the total time spent in the emergency department (ED), the number of times a patient is moved from one bed space to another during their ED stay, the number of hours a patient spends boarding after admission orders have been placed, on the development of delirium as an inpatient.