title: Delirium and hypovitaminosis D: neuroimaging findings.
abstract: The authors examined the frequency of neuroimaging findings of cortical atrophy and/or cerebrovascular disease in patients with delirium with hypovitaminosis D and normal vitamin D levels. Of 32 patients with delirium with hypovitaminosis D who were neuroimaged, 91.4% had neuroimaging findings, despite only five cases having a comorbid diagnosis of dementia. Similar frequencies of cortical atrophy and/or cerebrovascular disease were found in patients with delirium with normal vitamin D levels. Further research with a larger sample size is needed to compare neuroimaging findings between normal patients and patients with hypovitaminosis D with delirium.
authors.affiliation: From the Dept. of Psychiatry/Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, Consultation-Liaison Service, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (JAB); Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (AH, JF); St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, West 5th Campus, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (AH, DKT); and Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA (GLX).
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hategan
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Daniel K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Tisi
authors.forename: Glen L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Xiong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059906:Neuroimaging; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications*