University of Queensland researchers have found older patients who experience delirium are three times more likely to develop dementia. Professor Ruth Hubbard from UQ's Center for Health Services ...

Delirium affected 44% of critically ill patients in an Ohio medical center who were hospitalized after a recent stroke, according to new research published in the American Journal of Critical Care.

Older Canadian adults whose physicians prescribed first-generation antihistamines in the hospital were more likely to experience delirium, a cross-sectional study suggested. Aaron Drucker, MD ...

Delirium is common in hospitalized older patients and may be a symptom of a medical emergency, such as hypoxia or hypoglycemia. It is characterized by an acute change in cognition and attention, ...

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 ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5 th Edition (DSM-5) defines delirium as a ...

There is a stark gap in how often hospitals screen older adults for postoperative delirium, with verified geriatric surgery programs screening nearly every patient while non-accredited programs screen ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A condition most common in older adults can lead to longer hospitalizations. It's called delirium, and the treatment and prevention has become a key focus for doctors at UCSF's ...