Over the past six months, we have learned COVID-19 is not solely a lung disease, but a disease that involves the brain as well. Most patients with COVID-19 have delirium, which is the medical way of saying they are confused, can’t pay attention, and have trouble organizing their thinking.
The duration of delirium is one of the strongest predictors of dangerous outcomes including higher death rates, longer stay, and acquired-dementia a year after surviving the ICU.