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 ...

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 ...

Patients who develop delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) show a significantly lower survival probability up to 4 years post-discharge than those without delirium, according to a new study.

Stroke patients who experience delirium during a stroke could be more prone to developing cognitive and psychiatric difficulties. Every year approximately 9000 people are admitted to hospital with a ...

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 ...

Everyone forgets where they put their keys or if they closed the garage door. But when does forgetfulness and confusion signal something more serious? A fast and unexpected change in thinking can be 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 ...

UVA Health researchers have discovered how a form of delirium that often strikes older patients after surgery may set the stage for dementia—and identified a drug that could reverse the underlying ...

“During the day he’s completely calm, but at night he gets very agitated.” “Tonight she hasn’t stopped calling out for her mother, who passed away many years ago. But she’s been asleep all day, and it ...