Lorazepam and other benzodiazepines are typically avoided when managing end-of-life agitated delirium in patients with cancer because these drugs can precipitate, even worsen, delirium. But a new ...

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 ...

Data for this secondary analysis were collected in 3 studies of acute confusion in hospitalized older adults. [30] The first study identified patterns of delirium development in a sample of ...

Delirium is associated with a five-fold increase in mortality in acute cardiac patients, according to research published today in European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care. Delirium was common ...

In the first study of its kind, Fred Hutchinson researchers found that half of patients undergoing conventional stem-cell transplantation exhibit signs of delirium, but the symptoms can be subtle and ...

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Delirium is a type of confusion that develops suddenly—over the course of hours or days—and most commonly affects older adults who are hospitalized or in a long-term care facility. “We refer to ...

Delirium, a condition developed by many patients in hospital intensive care units (ICU), is associated with higher mortality rates, more complications, longer stays in the ICU, and longer ...

Rates of delirium for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) have skyrocketed in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, said Brenda Truman Pun, DNP, RN, director of data quality, ...

Jenny Specis knew something was wrong with her uncle Themis when he asked her if she wanted an ice cream. Delirium is a brain syndrome common in elderly hospitalised patients Patients suffer confusion ...

Three days after having surgery for a suspicious colon polyp, Mrs. R lost her sense of reality. The 76-year-old therapist seemed confused about everything, including why she was in the hospital. She ...

A "prone team," wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), turns a COVID-19 patient onto his stomach in a Stamford Hospital intensive care unit. Getty Images Sign up for our special edition ...