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 ...

Treating delirium with antipsychotic medications and using haloperidol (Haldol) to prevent it showed little or no benefit over placebo, a pair of systematic reviews published in Annals of Internal ...

A seminal program for preventing delirium (the medical term for abrupt, rapid-onset confusion or altered mental state, affecting millions of older adults annually) and loss of function for ...

In the ENGAGES-Canada trial, patients who received electroencephalography (EEG)-guided anesthesia or usual care during cardiac surgery experienced similar rates of postoperative delirium.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Belsomra was effective for delirium prevention, according to results of a retrospective cohort study published ...

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 ...

On June 19, the Reformer published an Associated Press article citing recent research showing that patients who experience a delirium during a hospital stay have an increased risk of mortality. At the ...

Older adults who experienced delirium while hospitalized for COVID-19 had increases in functional disability and cognitive impairment in the 6 months after discharge, according to a prospective cohort ...

Delirium is a sudden onset of acute confusion in which those affected are disoriented, have impaired attention, and experience altered perception –often accompanied by hallucinations or sleep ...