Having to stay in a hospital or long-term care facility is stressful. Not only is a patient sick or injured, but they are in an unfamiliar environment away from their families and may not know the ...

Delirium and cognitive decline are common complications of anesthesia and surgery in older adults. Evidence-based recommendations on strategies to reduce the risk of postoperative neurocognitive ...

Delirium, associated with disrupted sleep, is common among older hospitalized adults. In addition to presenting immediate management issues, delirium can increase the long-term risk of dementia, ...

Delirium is when an individual experiences sudden confusion or change in mental status, oftentimes acting disoriented or distracted. Delirium and Alzheimer’s disease or dementia-related disorders have ...

January 18, 2008 — A study of elderly patients who were followed for 1 year after hospital discharge found that healthcare costs per day survived were 2.5 times higher for those who developed delirium ...

Older Canadian adults whose physicians prescribed first-generation antihistamines in the hospital were more likely to experience delirium, a cross-sectional study suggested. Aaron Drucker, MD ...

In a recent study published in BMJ, researchers explored the relationship between delirium and new-onset dementia among older adults with no dementia diagnosis at baseline. Study: Delirium and ...

Virginia Helton says her husband is a "brilliant" man. He's a scientist who can explain complex chemistry and physics. But when he was in the hospital last February, she didn't recognize the man ...