Dear Carol: My 95-year-old mom was recently hospitalized for pneumonia. While there, she developed delirium and didn’t even know the family. The hospital staff acted as if it was nothing to worry ...

In a recent study published in BMJ, researchers explored the relationship between delirium and new-onset dementia among older adults with no dementia diagnosis at baseline. Study: Delirium and ...

Not knowing an older adult’s cognitive status before surgery can mean that doctors don’t know if a patient is at risk for delirium after surgery. As a result, that patient may miss out on much-needed ...

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 ...

Toronto, Jan 28 (PTI) Older adults who are frail are twice as likely to experience delirium following elective surgery than those of an older age, a study has found. Researchers found that a history ...

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 ...

Postoperative delirium in older adults was associated with 40% faster cognitive decline, data from a prospective cohort study showed. Among older adults who developed delirium after major elective ...

Older adults often develop delirium after surgery, and new research finds this is associated with a faster rate of mental decline. The study highlights the importance of preventing delirium to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of an AI model resulted in a nearly fourfold increase in delirium cases detected among hospitalized older ...

A study found that 1 in 6 older adults with delirium in the emergency department (ED) had abnormal findings on head CT, even without traditional risk factors for intracranial pathology. Researchers ...