January 18, 2008 — A study of elderly patients who were followed for 1 year after hospital discharge found that healthcare costs per day survived were 2.5 times higher for those who developed delirium ...

CHICAGO — Dr. Sharon Inouye was distraught when her elderly father, a brilliant physician, became delirious after cardiac surgery several years ago. Inouye had been doing research for years on seniors ...

A single episode of delirium—a state of confusion and agitation—in hospitalized older adults is a significant risk factor for ...

Stroke patients who experience delirium during a stroke could be more prone to developing cognitive and psychiatric difficulties. Every year approximately 9000 people are admitted to hospital with a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Delirium is a strong risk factor for dementia and death among older people, finds the largest study of its kind published by The BMJ today. The findings show that, among hospital patients with at ...