Delirium, a form of acute brain dysfunction, is widespread in critically ill patients in lower resourced hospitals, and the duration of delirium predicted both mortality and disability at six months ...

Delirium, commonly observed in critically ill patients following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), is an acute neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by disturbances in attention, consciousness, and ...

Coronavirus patients are battling “hospital delirium” through “nightmarish visions,” delusions and “paranoid imaginings,” according to multiple reports. "Delirium is defined as an abrupt change in the ...

Slow-tempo music intervention does not reduce delirium duration, pain, or anxiety in older adults on mechanical ventilation.

Older Canadian adults whose physicians prescribe first-generation antihistamines in the hospital are more likely to ...

A majority of severe COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Michigan Medicine early in the pandemic experienced delirium, according to a recent study published in BMJ Open. Researchers analyzed data from ...

08 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Ludwigsburg: Medical staff working in an intensive care unit at the RKH Klinikum Ludwigsburg in a room of Covid 19 patients. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa (Photo by ...

Rates of delirium for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) have skyrocketed in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, said Brenda Truman Pun, DNP, RN, director of data quality, ...

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 ...

Veterans Affairs data show that among patients with heart failure admitted to skilled nursing facilities, those with delirium exhibited decreased rates of functional recovery. Although many patients ...

Delirium is fairly common, yet often missed, in advanced cancer patients who visit emergency departments, according to a study published online in Cancer. HealthDay News — Delirium is fairly common, ...

A "prone team," wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), turns a COVID-19 patient onto his stomach in a Stamford Hospital intensive care unit. Getty Images Sign up for our special edition ...