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First Person Account COVID 19 Delirium in a Doctor: When Death Stalks the Mind
Previous studies reported that 20–30% of COVID-19 patients will develop delirium during the hospitalization, achieving 70% in cases of severe illness. The risks factors and the consequences of delirium are well-documented in the literature; however, little is known about the personal experience of d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7876059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33584389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.626648 |
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author | Arumi, Antonio Bulbena-Cabre, Andrea Bulbena, Antonio |
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description | Previous studies reported that 20–30% of COVID-19 patients will develop delirium during the hospitalization, achieving 70% in cases of severe illness. The risks factors and the consequences of delirium are well-documented in the literature; however, little is known about the personal experience of delirium. Delirium burden is common and tends to be distressing even after the delirium episode has resolved. Taking this in mind, the present work provides a first-person account of a doctor who acquired Covid-19 and developed bilateral pneumonia and had delirium and a complicate course of illness. During the course of his delirium, the patient recalled experiences of reality and unreality, complete disorientation, lack of control, strong emotions, and intense fear of dying which was significantly distressing. We anticipate that delirium burden will be common on these patients and family members and clinicians should be aware of this phenomenon in order to evaluate the neuropsychiatric consequences of this condition. |
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spelling | pubmed-78760592021-02-12 First Person Account COVID 19 Delirium in a Doctor: When Death Stalks the Mind Arumi, Antonio Bulbena-Cabre, Andrea Bulbena, Antonio Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Previous studies reported that 20–30% of COVID-19 patients will develop delirium during the hospitalization, achieving 70% in cases of severe illness. The risks factors and the consequences of delirium are well-documented in the literature; however, little is known about the personal experience of delirium. Delirium burden is common and tends to be distressing even after the delirium episode has resolved. Taking this in mind, the present work provides a first-person account of a doctor who acquired Covid-19 and developed bilateral pneumonia and had delirium and a complicate course of illness. During the course of his delirium, the patient recalled experiences of reality and unreality, complete disorientation, lack of control, strong emotions, and intense fear of dying which was significantly distressing. We anticipate that delirium burden will be common on these patients and family members and clinicians should be aware of this phenomenon in order to evaluate the neuropsychiatric consequences of this condition. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7876059/ /pubmed/33584389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.626648 Text en Copyright © 2021 Arumi, Bulbena-Cabre and Bulbena. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Arumi, Antonio Bulbena-Cabre, Andrea Bulbena, Antonio First Person Account COVID 19 Delirium in a Doctor: When Death Stalks the Mind |
title | First Person Account COVID 19 Delirium in a Doctor: When Death Stalks the Mind |
title_full | First Person Account COVID 19 Delirium in a Doctor: When Death Stalks the Mind |
title_fullStr | First Person Account COVID 19 Delirium in a Doctor: When Death Stalks the Mind |
title_full_unstemmed | First Person Account COVID 19 Delirium in a Doctor: When Death Stalks the Mind |
title_short | First Person Account COVID 19 Delirium in a Doctor: When Death Stalks the Mind |
title_sort | first person account covid 19 delirium in a doctor: when death stalks the mind |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7876059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33584389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.626648 |
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