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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...