Early identification of delirium can help prevent adverse outcomes, including prolonged hospital stay, falls, and delayed functional recovery. Early identification with the 4AT screening tool can help ...

A concerted effort to standardize delirium assessment and treatment helped a west Texas hospital reduce the use of high-risk medications and improve the quality of care for critically ill patients, ...

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 ...

They included, the Confusion Assessment Method, Confusional State Examination, Delirium-O-Meter, Delirium Observation Scale, Delirium Rating Scale, and Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale. These ...

Longitudinal Assessment of Hematopoietic Abnormalities After Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Lymphoma A total of 261 hospitalized cancer patients were followed up with repeated ...

Hartford Hospital's ADAPT program has decreased length of stay and readmissions attributable to delirium. Hartford Hospital has developed a comprehensive approach to addressing delirium in the ...

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 4: Staff nurse Judith Marini checks an elderly man's IV in the emergency room at Coney Island Hospital October 4, 2002. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) I recently visited a ...

ATLANTA — A simple test for delirium that is accurate and quick, is easily administered, and does not require patient participation may provide a more accurate diagnostic tool, new research suggests.