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

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

In her late 60s, your mom goes to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. Within hours, she’s confused and agitated, insisting she’s at home and not in a hospital bed. Medical professionals call ...

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

Medication-related cognitive impairment is common, mimics neurodegenerative disease, increases with polypharmacy, and may be prevented with regular cognitive assessment monitoring.

The term confusion mentale (Chaslin, 1895) was introduced to account for delirium as a result of organic causes, while other French authors employed terms such as idiotisme asquis (Pinel, 1809), ...

About one-third of patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) will develop delirium, a condition that lengthens hospital stays and substantially increases one's risk of dying in the hospital, ...

In a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers examined whether or not antipsychotic drugs, which are sometimes used to prevent or treat delirium, are effective.

An older adult in hospital for an infection suddenly becomes fearful, irritable and doesn't recognise their lifelong spouse.