Educating nurses about the 4AT screening tool can help staff effectively manage delirium, according to research results presented at GAPNA 2025.

The innovative use of recorded messages from a family member to provide reorientation information to a critically ill patient receiving mechanical ventilation helped reduce the risk of developing ...

Up to one-third of elderly hospital patient experience delirium, which can lead to lengthier hospital stays or nursing home admissions, according to recent news items. A study from researchers at ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 9 (UPI) --A new study has found that delirium affects nearly 18 percent of nursing home residents and has a one-year mortality rate of 40 percent. Researchers from Rowan University ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Delirium, independent of preexisting dementia, at the time of discharge to a skilled nursing facility after HF ...

A new study that looked at possible improvements in post-acute care quality and outcomes following the 2014 Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act found that delirium ...

Doctors use “diagnostic” labels to describe a condition or constellation of symptoms and signs before determining treatment or rendering a prognosis. Diagnostic criteria generally remain static and ...

Academic Hybrid Cancer Centers: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Tao et al 10 conducted a retrospective analysis on critically ill, nonterminal patients with cancer admitted to a mixed medical-surgical ...

Older patients who experience delirium while in hospital may subsequently be at greater risk of developing dementia, according to UK researchers. The researchers, from University College London and ...

The inflammatory immune response that develops when the body tries to protect itself from harmful stimuli plays a role in the onset of delirium, according to US researchers. A study of post-surgical ...

Delirium may be an early warning sign of Covid-19 infection in older adults, a new study has found. In some cases, it was the only symptom in patients who tested positive for the virus. More than ...

When B. Paul Turpin was admitted to a Tennessee hospital in January, the biggest concern was whether the 69-year-old endocrinologist would survive. But as he battled a life-threatening infection, ...