But because delirium tends to occur more often in sicker patients, it has been unclear to what extent its link with cognitive ...

Delirium occurs often in patients with cancer, especially in advanced-stage disease, owing to acute precipitating factors such as infection or medication effects These precipitating factors are ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Delirium is a sudden change in a person’s mental function. This can include their ways of thinking, behavior, or level of consciousness. Medical professionals do not yet fully understand delirium, but ...

Delirium is a sudden decline in a person’s usual mental function. It occurs when signals in the brain aren’t sending and receiving properly, causing confusion in thinking and altered behaviour or ...

Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are treated with many interventions (most notably endotracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation) that are observed or perceived to be distressing.

Introduction Critical care patients face varying degrees of physical and psychological stress; in recent decades, the increasing focus on technologies and clinical processes has led to dehumanisation.