A large U.S. study suggests that older adults hospitalized with delirium may experience better outcomes when treated with ...

A large U.S. study suggests that older adults hospitalized with delirium may experience better outcomes when treated with ...

About one-third of patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) will develop delirium, a condition that lengthens hospital stays and substantially increases one's risk of dying in the hospital, ...

Among hospitalized adults aged 70 years or older, the odds for delirium — whether present on admission or acquired in hospital — were elevated for those from marginalized racial and ethnic groups and ...

Dear Carol: My 95-year-old mom was recently hospitalized for pneumonia. While there, she developed delirium and didn’t even know the family. The hospital staff acted as if it was nothing to worry ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: The last time my mother was in the hospital, she experienced delirium. Given her age and state of health, it's likely she will be hospitalized again. Is there anything I can do to ...

The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) is an evidence-based care program designed to prevent delirium and functional decline in hospitalized adults over 65 years old. This program allows patients to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Out of 817 elderly patients with COVID-19 who went to the emergency department, 28 percent (226) had delirium upon arrival, according to a study published Nov. 19 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers ...