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Internal Medicine Journal· 2026Q2

Association between serum osmolality and delirium in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study

Yu Fang, Tong Ni

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Both high (hyper-osmolality) and low (hypo-osmolality) serum osmolality levels are linked to a significantly increased risk of delirium in critically ill patients, with hyper-osmolality raising the risk by 35% and hypo-osmolality by 24%.

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Field: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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