Not knowing an older adult’s cognitive status before surgery can mean that doctors don’t know if a patient is at risk for delirium after surgery. As a result, that patient may miss out on much-needed ...

An analysis of approximately 1,604 studies from over three decades proves that delirium is a clinically highly relevant but scientifically often neglected complication in cardiology, and prevention ...

Delirium prevention program leads to fewer cases of new-onset delirium during post-acute rehabilitation stays at a skilled nursing facility. Implementation of a nurse-led education and delirium ...

Researchers evaluated the prevalence of delirium and associated factors among children with cancer admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Delirium, a common acute condition with significant short- and long-term effects on cognition and function, should be identified as an indicator of poor long-term prognosis, prompting ...

This guideline covers diagnosing and treating delirium in people aged 18 and over in hospital and in long-term residential care or a nursing home. It also covers identifying people at risk of ...

Paula Duncan looks for delirium, a serious problem that often goes undetected in older hospital patients. So Duncan, a registered nurse at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn., ...

An Aging Matters report on hospital-associated delirium and how to prevent it. Delirium and confusion are common challenges when older patients are hospitalized and when patients of any age have long ...

A new study published in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) found that modifying a well-established and highly successful delirium prevention program for use when in-person or ...

You are asked to conduct a preoperative assessment of an 86-year-old woman recently admitted to hospital with a fractured right hip. She reports having fallen while getting out of her bathtub but ...

As many as 4 in 5 ICU patients on mechanical ventilation develop delirium, or sudden confusion, panic, upset and anger. But playing recorded messages from a family member can reorient patients and ...

Delirium is a change in a person’s mental state or consciousness that develops over hours or days. It may appear as confusion, difficulties with understanding and memory, or personality changes. Older ...