In cancer patients nearing the end of life, certain subtypes of delirium -- specifically, hypoactive and 'mixed' delirium -- are a strong indicator that death will come soon, reports a new study. In ...

The way certain patients present in the post-acute hospital setting with delirium, a common, preventable but life-threatening acute confusional state, predicts mortality, according to a new study.

Delirium is a serious but often treatable condition that can happen suddenly to someone who is unwell. It’s much more common in older people, especially those with dementia. Delirium is a change in a ...

Hospital delirium, or acute confusional state, is a temporary change of a person’s mental state. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American ...

You don’t have to be elderly, or even very old, to develop delirium, a kind of brain attack often accompanied by hallucinations, agitation and disorientation that can exacerbate illness, increase ...

The "ADEPT" tool for delirium and agitation provides care guidelines for emergency department clinicians. A recently developed tool for managing delirium and agitation in emergency room patients over ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Delirium is a common symptom in patients with advanced cancer; studies note the incidence of delirium as high as ...

Delirium in general means decreased awareness of one’s own surroundings. If such a condition occurs in the ICU it is termed as ICU delirium. ICU delirium or psychosis is a condition, or rather, a ...

“Death, having preyed upon the outward parts, leaves them invincible, and his siege is now against the mind; that which he pricks and wounds with many legions of strange fantasies, which in their ...