There is a stark gap in how often hospitals screen older adults for postoperative delirium, with verified geriatric surgery ...

But because delirium tends to occur more often in sicker patients, it has been unclear to what extent its link with cognitive ...

Learn more about postoperative delirium and rehospitalization and the link they have to long-term cognitive decline in older ...

ST. LOUIS -- The best way to treat hospitalized elderly patients who become delirious defies conventional wisdom and common practice, according to new research from Saint Louis University published in ...

Introduction Critical care patients face varying degrees of physical and psychological stress; in recent decades, the increasing focus on technologies and clinical processes has led to dehumanisation.

Researchers found postoperative delirium was strongly associated with long-term cognitive decline and the effect was not ...

It's an all-too-familiar situation: an elderly patient falls and fractures his hip. He is admitted to the hospital and undergoes surgery. During the recovery period, he becomes extremely confused and ...

New research shows that in-hospital delirium patients are vulnerable during the early posthospitalization period. In-hospital delirium is a predictor of readmission, emergency department visits, and ...

Delirium is associated with a five-fold increase in mortality in acute cardiac patients, according to research. Delirium was common and affected over half of acute cardiac patients aged 85 years and ...

The patient was an older man, living at a nursing facility. He’d originally been admitted to the hospital for surgery to treat a urinary tract infection. But now, lying in his bed at the hospital ...

Delirium is a very common problem among hospitalized elderly patients, Dr. Flaherty says. Between 15 and 20 percent of older patients are delirious when they are admitted and up to 30 percent become ...