Is hospitalization a risk factor for cognitive decline in older age adults?
Preliminary evidence suggests hospitalization may trigger or accelerate cognitive decline in older adults, highlighting the need for further research into post-hospitalization cognitive decline.
There is preliminary evidence that AIH exposure accelerates or triggers cognitive decline in the elderly patient. PHCD reported in specific contexts could be subsets of a larger phenomenon and caused by overlapping mechanisms. Future research must clarify the trajectory, clinical significance, and etiology of PHCD: a priority in the face of an aging population with increasing rates of both cognitive impairment and hospitalization.
Chinnappa‐Quinn et al. (Mon,) studied this question.