Delirium is a sudden onset of acute confusion in which those affected are disoriented, have impaired attention, and ...

Researcher-clinicians are conducting a multi-site study to establish that music intervention can reduce the likelihood of critically ill, mechanically ventilated older adults in a hospital intensive ...

Following surgery, some older adults — particularly those who are already living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of ...

Delirium is a serious but often treatable condition that can happen suddenly to someone who is unwell. It’s much more common in older people, especially those with dementia. Delirium is a change in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study has found that several commonly used drugs could significantly reduce the risk of delirium in older people ...

In a recent study published in BMJ, researchers explored the relationship between delirium and new-onset dementia among older adults with no dementia diagnosis at baseline. Study: Delirium and ...

Delirium has always been a nebulous construct in medicine and the sciences that make up its theoretical foundation. The current treatment strategies often see delirium as a discrete entity that can be ...