The “diagnosis” of excited delirium, a term often used to justify and defend police brutality, disproportionately against Black people, has circulated in the medical canon for more than 25 years. It ...

Delirium is a temporary but serious condition that causes sudden confusion, emotional disturbances, and unusual behavior. When it occurs in a hospital setting, such as the emergency department (ED) or ...

For example, five days after surgery, nearly half of those who did not develop delirium had returned to pre-operative levels of function while less than 20 percent of those who did develop delirium ...

In her late 60s, your mom goes to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. Within hours, she’s confused and agitated, insisting she’s at home and not in a hospital bed. Medical professionals call ...

Delirium (sometimes called 'acute confusional state') is a common clinical syndrome characterised by disturbed consciousness, cognitive function or perception, which has an acute onset and fluctuating ...

Survivors of critical illness can experience substantial morbidity long after the event. Recent findings provide further support that long-term cognitive impairment is frequent in these patients, and ...

Hallmark Health System recently launched a new pilot program that will focus on identifying and treating cases of delirium among patients at both Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford and ...

Delirium is a sudden change in your alertness and thinking. People with delirium typically become confused and have trouble paying attention. Delirium is an abrupt change to your mental state. It ...

Adults with current or resolved delirium who are discharged from hospital have their diagnosis of delirium communicated to their GP. Improving communication between hospitals and GPs, and within ...

A joint educational guideline from the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and ASCO got a refresh in the latter part of 2023. The overarching goal of the updated ESMO/ASCO Global Curriculum ...