After surgery, some older adults don't simply recover—they unravel. Confusion, inattention, and agitation can set in, a condition known as postoperative delirium. For patients already living with ...

Every day in Minnesota, on average, one or two hospital employees are violently injured at work so severely that they need to ...

“Subtle signs of delirium and/or declining mental awareness can include disorientation about date, location, reason for admission,” said Meghana R. Medavaram, MD, associate director of consultation ...

Prioritizing nonpharmacologic strategies, enhancing staff training, and distinguishing Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD) are vital to improving outcomes for hospitalized patients with Alzheimer ...

Delirium, a form of acute brain dysfunction, is widespread in critically ill patients in lower resourced hospitals, and the duration of delirium predicted both mortality and disability at six months ...

As if staying in an intensive care unit isn’t traumatizing enough, a large proportion of people treated in ICUs develop delirium. Hallucinations make their hospital stay more traumatizing, and can ...

For patients with dementia, postoperative delirium can accelerate long-term cognitive decline. Vagus nerve stimulation could ...

Delirium is common in older patients admitted to US emergency departments with COVID-19 infection, according to the findings of a new study. Additionally, patients presenting this symptom were more ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The addition of lorazepam to haloperidol reduced symptoms of agitated delirium among individuals with advanced ...

08 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Ludwigsburg: Medical staff working in an intensive care unit at the RKH Klinikum Ludwigsburg in a room of Covid 19 patients. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa (Photo by ...

Julieta* grew weaker as her illness progressed. She was a frail, 4'11", elderly woman battling terminal cancer who began punching the air, trying to assert control over an unfamiliar reality. As her ...