Having to stay in a hospital or long-term care facility is stressful. Not only is a patient sick or injured, but they are in an unfamiliar environment away from their families and may not know the ...

Not knowing an older adult’s cognitive status before surgery can mean that doctors don’t know if a patient is at risk for delirium after surgery. As a result, that patient may miss out on much-needed ...

Delirium is the most common neuropsychiatric complication seen in patients with cancer, and it is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Increased health care costs, prolonged hospital ...

Delirium most common among those with intracerebral hemorrhage; more severe delirium tied to worse outcomes. (HealthDay News) — More than one in four critically ill patients with stroke experience ...

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 ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) model improved outcomes in hospitalized patients by quadrupling the rate of detection and treatment of delirium. The model identifies patients at high risk for delirium ...

A new study that looked at possible improvements in post-acute care quality and outcomes following the 2014 Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act found that delirium ...

Postoperative delirium may speed the rate of cognitive decline in older adults by 40%, a new study has found. Delirium is the most frequent postoperative complication in older adults, the researchers ...

Ceribell, Inc. (($CBLL)) announced an update on their ongoing clinical study. The Ceribell Delirium Data Collection Study aims to enhance the ...

Lora Krall says delirium made her mother's final days a nightmare. The 73-year-old didn't recognize her daughter or husband. The delirium took hold while Krall's mother, Harriet, was in the hospital, ...

A new study that looked at possible improvements in post-acute care quality and outcomes following the 2014 Improving ...