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 ...

Having to stay in a hospital or long-term care facility is stressful. Not only is a patient sick or injured, but they are in an unfamiliar environment away from their families and may not know the ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 26, 2018 - Critically ill patients who experience long periods of hypoxic, septic or sedative-associated delirium, or a combination of the three, during an intensive care unit (ICU) ...

If you are one of the 5.7 million Americans who ends up in the intensive care unit each year, you are at high risk of developing long-term mental effects like dementia and confusion. These mental ...

In her late 60s, your mom goes to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. Within hours, she’s confused and agitated, insisting she’s at home and not in a hospital bed. Medical professionals call ...

The overall study results on the duration of the initial episode of delirium and the number of symptoms are comparable to those of previous studies. [1,3,27] However, this study has 2 important new ...

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Medical providers divide altered mental status into three types: delirium, dementia, and psychosis: Delirium. Delirium is a change in mental function that often results in confusion and lack of ...

In adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D), the use of SGLT2 inhibitors was associated with lower risks for delirium and all-cause mortality than the use of metformin, with more prominent protective effects ...

Monitoring brain activity and then taking care to minimize anesthesia levels during surgery had no effect on delirium occurrence, stated study. Monitoring brain activity and then taking care to ...

Delirium could be one of the first signs of COVID-19 infection in older patients and that it occurs frequently in patients with severe COVID-19 disease. In a new study led by an interdisciplinary team ...