Delirium

JE Wilson, MF Mart, C Cunningham… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Delirium, a syndrome characterized by an acute change in attention, awareness and
cognition, is caused by a medical condition that cannot be better explained by a pre-existing …

Delirium: a marker of vulnerability in older people

G Bellelli, JS Brathwaite, P Mazzola - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Delirium is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome and one of the most common presenting
symptoms of acute medical illnesses in older people. Delirium can be triggered by a single …

The effect of a quality improvement intervention on sleep and delirium in critically ill patients in a surgical ICU

JE Tonna, A Dalton, AP Presson, C Zhang… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Delirium is a deleterious condition affecting up to 60% of patients in the surgical
ICU (SICU). Few SICU-focused delirium interventions have been implemented, including …

Understanding the association between pain and delirium in older hospital inpatients: systematic review and meta-analysis

N White, JC Bazo-Alvarez, M Koopmans… - Age and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objective Delirium and pain are common in older adults admitted to hospital. The
relationship between these is unclear, but clinically important. We aimed to systematically …

Risk factors for delirium in older adults in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LOJ e Silva, MJ Berning, JA Stanich, DJ Gerberi… - Annals of emergency …, 2021 - Elsevier
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify risk factors for delirium in
geriatric patients in the emergency department and to identify emergency department (ED) …

Characteristics and influence on quality of life of new‐onset pain in critical COVID‐19 survivors

A Ojeda, A Calvo, T Cuñat… - … Journal of Pain, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Pain is a clinical feature of COVID‐19, however, data about persistent pain after
hospital discharge, especially among ICU survivors is scarce. The aim of this study was to …

Precision‐based approaches to delirium in critical illness: A narrative review

MJ Ankravs, CA McKenzie… - … : The Journal of Human …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Delirium occurs in critical illness and is associated with poor clinical outcomes, having a
longstanding impact on survivors. Understanding the complexity of delirium in critical illness …

Can we improve delirium prevention and treatment in the emergency department? A systematic review

S Lee, H Chen, S Hibino, D Miller… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background This systematic review was conducted to evaluate any interventions to prevent
incident delirium, or shorten the duration of prevalent delirium, in older adults presenting to …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of acute pain on the association between preoperative cognitive impairment and postoperative delirium: a secondary analysis of three trials

JH Ma, YF Liu, H Hong, CJ Li, F Cui, DL Mu… - British journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The association between preoperative cognitive impairment, postoperative
pain, and postoperative delirium in older patients after noncardiac surgery is not known …

Delirium due to hip fracture is associated with activated immune-inflammatory pathways and a reduction in negative immunoregulatory mechanisms

P Thisayakorn, Y Thipakorn, S Tantavisut… - BMC psychiatry, 2022 - Springer
Background The objectives of this study were to delineate whether delirium in older adults is
associated with activation of the immune-inflammatory response system (IRS) as indicated …