ALLMedicine™ Delirium Center

Sep 21st, 2020 - Brain functioning and high-order cognitive functions critically rely on glucose as a metabolic substrate. In a recent study, Kealy et al. investigated the impact of glucose availability on sickness behavior and delirium in mice and humans. They id...

Sep 20th, 2020 - To clarify the safety and effectiveness of antipsychotic medication for delirium in patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care. This was a prospective observational study involving consecutive patients with advanced cancer and deliriu...

Sep 19th, 2020 - We compared 1-year functional outcomes for four cardiac surgery patient groups: comparison (without preoperative frailty or postoperative delirium [POD]), frailty only (with preoperative frailty only), POD only (with POD only), and frailty-POD (co...

Sep 18th, 2020 - Delirium incidence and clinical correlates in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia are still poorly investigated. To describe the epidemiology of delirium in patients hospitalized for suspect COVID-19 pneumonia during the pandemic peak in a...

Sep 18th, 2020 - Older adults with cancer are at increased risk of delirium due to age, comorbidities, medications, cognitive impairment, and possibly cancer treatments. However, there is scant information on the risks of delirium with chemotherapy and approaches ...

May 5th, 2019 - Acute changes in mental status represent a broad collection of symptoms used to describe disorders in mentation and level of arousal, including the more narrowly defined diagnoses of delirium and psychosis. A wide range of precipitating factors ma...

Jan 21st, 2019 - The Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS), which may occur with or without delirium, is a frequent consequence of sudden alcohol cessation in patients with moderate to severe Alcohol Dependence Syndrome (ADS). Withdrawal as a result of habituation to ...

Sep 6th, 2018 - The chronic use of alcohol can lead to the onset of an alcohol use disorder (AUD). About 50% of subjects with an AUD may develop alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) when they reduce or discontinue their alcohol consumption and, in 3-5% of them, conv...

Aug 31st, 2018 - To update and expand the 2013 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the ICU. Design: Thirty-two international experts, four methodologists, and four critical illness survivors met vi.

Jul 9th, 2018 - Delirium is a neurocognitive syndrome that commonly occurs in older populations and people with cancer, particularly in those with advanced disease and in the l.

Sep 21st, 2020 - Brain functioning and high-order cognitive functions critically rely on glucose as a metabolic substrate. In a recent study, Kealy et al. investigated the impact of glucose availability on sickness behavior and delirium in mice and humans. They id...

Sep 20th, 2020 - To clarify the safety and effectiveness of antipsychotic medication for delirium in patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care. This was a prospective observational study involving consecutive patients with advanced cancer and deliriu...

Sep 19th, 2020 - We compared 1-year functional outcomes for four cardiac surgery patient groups: comparison (without preoperative frailty or postoperative delirium [POD]), frailty only (with preoperative frailty only), POD only (with POD only), and frailty-POD (co...

Sep 18th, 2020 - Delirium incidence and clinical correlates in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia are still poorly investigated. To describe the epidemiology of delirium in patients hospitalized for suspect COVID-19 pneumonia during the pandemic peak in a...

Sep 18th, 2020 - Older adults with cancer are at increased risk of delirium due to age, comorbidities, medications, cognitive impairment, and possibly cancer treatments. However, there is scant information on the risks of delirium with chemotherapy and approaches ...

Jul 8th, 2020 - LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists warned on Wednesday of a potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as new evidence suggested COVID-19 can lead to severe neurological complications, including inflammation, psychosis and delirium. FILE PHOTO:...

Apr 24th, 2020 - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - From serving more fries to patients to engaging them in sewing face masks, Belgian psychiatric hospitals have carefully adapted their routine to comply with coronavirus restrictions. Doctor Colombine Godart and psychiatrist Pi...

Feb 24th, 2020 - Key recommendations Patients who require interhospital transport for an acute behavioral health crisis should be transported by medical professionals with the training and expertise to manage mental health and medical conditions. Interhospital tra.

Feb 13th, 2020 - An accelerated path to surgery after hip fracture did not improve mortality or major complications, according to a new international randomized trial. However, a fast track to surgery hastened mobilization, weight-bearing, and hospital discharge,.

Feb 13th, 2020 - An accelerated path to surgery after hip fracture did not improve mortality or major complications, according to a new international randomized trial. However, a fast track to surgery hastened mobilization, weight-bearing, and hospital discharge,.