Multimodal strategies can prevent delirium after cardiovascular procedures, emphasizing risk factors and screening.

Older adults who develop delirium during a hospital admission face a substantially higher risk of dementia in later years, ...

Surgical patients who experience preoperative distress and anxiety might face worse postoperative recovery. Research has ...

Older adults who experienced delirium during a hospital admission experienced a substantially increased risk of developing dementia in later years, according to a March study published in The Lancet ...

Hospital delirium in older patients may accelerate cognitive decline, raising concerns that hospital environments and practices could worsen dementia risk.

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are revealing the many devastating consequences that patients can face both during and after hospitalization. A new study of nearly 150 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A condition most common in older adults can lead to longer hospitalizations. It's called delirium, and the treatment and prevention has become a key focus for doctors at UCSF's ...

Although delirium is known to negatively affect critically ill patients, little data exist on delirium in critically ill patients with cancer. We analyzed 915 critically ill patients with cancer ...

As if staying in an intensive care unit isn’t traumatizing enough, a large proportion of people treated in ICUs develop delirium. Hallucinations make their hospital stay more traumatizing, and can ...

An estimated 3,100 people in Wolverhampton have been diagnosed with dementia.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Language barriers can lead to improper care of Latino patients in the ICU or contribute to delirium. The Spanish ...

Everyone forgets where they put their keys or if they closed the garage door, but when do forgetfulness and confusion become a bigger problem, and how can we detect it? A sudden onset of confusion ...