Precipitating risk factors for delirium are related to acute illness and the environment.
There were no significant differences in terms of precipitating risk factors for HF hospitalisation between the two groups.
Predisposing and precipitating risk factors related to patient characteristics, chronic pathology, acute illness and the environment have been studied [ 2, 3].
The PROSPER database did not have information on transient or precipitating risk factors, other than cancer, that may have preceded a VTE, such as immobilization or previous general surgery.
We will describe age, educational attainment, pregnancy status, number and characteristics of previous venous thromboembolic events, presence or absence of precipitating risk factors, and prior experience with prophylactic LMWH injections using means and standard deviations or proportions, as appropriate.
Vestibular asymmetry is a common cause of dizziness in the elderly, for whom it precipitates the risk of falling.
The investigation of the interplay of factors that precipitate suicide risk should include assessment of chronic headache and its effects on wellbeing.
Furthermore, the investigation of the interplay of factors that precipitate suicide risk should include the assessment of chronic headache and its effects on well-being.
Equally, use of higher than standard doses may precipitate the risk of toxicity.
Early recognition of delirium allows not only prompt management of the underlying medical cause but also permits the rapid implementation of targeted interventions against predisposing and precipitating individual risk factors, thereby resulting in a reduction of delirium severity, duration and consequences [ 3, 14- 18].
With respect to delirium, the VMS program based standardised hospital care covers identification and modulation of precipitating delirium risk factors such as medication reviews and orientation and noise-reduction measures, creating an optimal background regimen for conduction of this trial in all participating hospitals.
