Hospital-acquired delirium in older adults

N Stall, CL Wong - CMAJ, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
The Diagnostic and Statistical Man ual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) classifies
delirium as a syndrome of disturbed attention and awareness that has an acute onset …

Delirium in elderly patients

MG Cole - Focus, 2005 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Delirium is a mental disorder characterized by disturbances in consciousness, orientation,
memory, thought, perception, and behavior, of acute onset and fluctuating course. It occurs …

Delirium in hospitalized older adults

A Anand, AMJ MacLullich - Medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Delirium is a common yet under-detected syndrome characterized by acute deterioration in
mental status. Patients show attentional deficits and commonly also display altered levels of …

[HTML][HTML] Delirium: a synthesis of current knowledge

BC van Munster, SE De Rooij - Clinical medicine, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Worldwide, it is estimated that the prevalence of delirium is 0.4% in the general population,
increasing to 1% in the population above 55 years of age. 1 In hospital, delirium is more …

Delirium in hospitalized older adults

A Anand, AMJ MacLullich - Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Delirium is a serious and common yet underdetected syndrome characterized by acute
deterioration of mental status. Patients show attentional deficits and commonly also altered …

Delirium in the elderly: a clinical review

S Saxena, D Lawley - Postgraduate medical journal, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Delirium is a common condition in the elderly, affecting up to 30% of all older patients
admitted to hospital. There is a particularly high risk of delirium in surgical inpatients …

Improving the outcomes of delirium in older hospital inpatients

MG Cole, J McCusker - International psychogeriatrics, 2009 - cambridge.org
Delirium is a cognitive disorder characterized by acute onset, fluctuating course and
disturbances in consciousness, orientation, memory, thought, perception and behavior …

Delirium in hospitalized patients: implications of current evidence on clinical practice and future avenues for research—a systematic evidence review

BA Khan, M Zawahiri, NL Campbell… - Journal of hospital …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Despite the significant burden of delirium among hospitalized adults,
critical appraisal of systematic data on delirium diagnosis, pathophysiology, treatment …

The natural history of delirium in older hospitalized patients: a syndrome of heterogeneity

MA Rudberg, P Pompei, MD Foreman, RE Ross… - Age and …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: to determine the presentation, course and duration of delirium in hospitalized
older people. Design: observational cohort study. Setting: inpatient surgical and medical …

Delirium in hospitalized older patients

SK Inouye - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 1998 - Elsevier
Delirium is a common, serious problem for hospitalized older patients. Recognition of
delirium poses challenges requiring cognitive assessment and knowledge of the clinical …