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

Delirium is an acute state of confusion that often affects older adults following surgery or serious illness. Now a study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center confirms that ...

Older adults admitted with higher prescribing of first-generation antihistamines are more likely to experience delirium in the hospital.

Among hospitalized adults aged 70 years or older, the odds for delirium — whether present on admission or acquired in hospital — were elevated for those from marginalized racial and ethnic groups and ...

When the macular layer of an older adult’s right eye retina becomes thicker, the person is more likely to experience postoperative delirium, a study shows. That was the case for older patients who ...

Star Bradbury said her late stepfather, William Hyde, was a "sweet, wonderful man." But two decades ago, when he woke from colon cancer surgery, he turned shockingly violent. "He was convinced he was ...

An analysis in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reveals that older inpatients admitted by physicians who ...

A multi-center randomized controlled trial with critically ill adults aged 50 years and older admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) found that twice-daily slow-tempo music (60 to 80 beats per minute ...

Older adults undergoing major surgery face a sharply higher risk of death and serious complications when they develop postoperative delirium, a condition involving confusion and disorganized thinking, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of an AI model resulted in a nearly fourfold increase in delirium cases detected among hospitalized older ...

Delirium affects many hospitalized older Australians, and while it can have many complications, treatments are limited. However, researchers have identified intranasal insulin as a potential new ...