Anesthetics are meant to make you feel comfortable enough and feel as little pain as possible during a potentially agonizing medical procedure. Being in that medicated state can sometimes lead to ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 82-year old man who was in good health until I found out that I have an issue in my left kidney. My ...

After surgery, some older adults don't simply recover—they unravel. Confusion, inattention, and agitation can set in, a condition known as postoperative delirium. For patients already living with ...

For patients with dementia, postoperative delirium can accelerate long-term cognitive decline. Vagus nerve stimulation could reduce brain inflammation and disruptions in awareness and attention.

Older adults who experience delirium after hip fracture surgery face a significantly faster decline in memory and thinking ...

Prioritizing nonpharmacologic strategies, enhancing staff training, and distinguishing Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD) are vital to improving outcomes for hospitalized patients with Alzheimer ...

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If you've ever witnessed someone on a heavy dose of painkillers, you know people can do or say all sorts of stuff. Similar things happen after people wake up from anesthesia. A 2015 study showed that ...

Postoperative delirium (POD) is the unwanted houseguest of spine surgery — rare, unpredictable, and always turning up at the worst possible time. It can derail recoveries, confuse families, and ...

CLINICAL QUESTION: Does intranasal insulin administration reduce postoperative delirium in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery? BACKGROUND: Cerebral hypometabolism may be a therapeutic ...

Objective To investigate the effectiveness and safety of remimazolam in preventing the emergence of delirium in children undergoing pediatric laparoscopic inguinal hernia surgery under combined ...