“…The mean number of days to first visit dropped from 31.6 to 11.2 in delirious patients (p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Triage with the easy-to-use DCQ among patients referred for cognitive screening leads to earlier assessment and higher detection rates of delirium.…”
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“…RESULTS: Following extubation, M. was delirious, reported visual hallucinations, and had severe sleeping difficulties. …”
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“…Methods: Within the study population, we identified all rehabilitation stays for which ≥2 delirium-predictive key words (common terms used to describe delirious patients) were recorded in the medical charts. …”
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“…A total of 1044 patients with AHF were enrolled; 617 AHF patients were < 65 years old and 427 AHF patients were ≥ 65 years old, and 47 (7.6%) and 40 (9.4%) patients were delirious at enrollment, respectively. Delirium was significantly associated with the composite outcome (adjusted OR = 1.64, 95%CI: 1.02 to 2.64). …”
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“…In 2019 our unit’s performance was significantly above the national average for all six indicators assessed by NHFD: prompt orthogeriatric review (97% vs. 91% national average), prompt surgery (85% vs. 68%); NICE compliant surgery (85% vs. 74%); prompt mobilisation (93% vs. 81%); not delirious postoperatively (77% vs. 69%); return to original residence (78% vs. 71%). …”
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“…CASE SUMMARY: A 70-year-old female presented to the emergency department after being found acutely delirious at home by family. Infectious workup was notable for growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the blood, cerebrospinal, and pleural fluid. …”
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“…It is important to remember that hyperuricemia can lead to delirious complications, so efforts should be made to perform routine monitoring and management of the condition.…”
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“…Introduction: One-quarter of alert, non-delirious patients in critical care units report significant psychological distress. …”
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“…After 24 hours, the patient showed a clear clinical improvement: better mood, delirious ideas decreased as well as the hearing of voices. …”
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“…Methods: A single-center interrupted time series trial was conducted in adult neurological ICU patients at high risk for developing delirium who were non-delirious at admission. A multicomponent nursing intervention program focusing on modifiable risk factors for delirium, including the optimalization of vision, hearing, orientation and cognition, sleep and mobilization, was implemented as the standard of care, and its effects were studied. …”
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“…RESULTS: 1740 patients met the inclusion criteria, of which 332 (19%) were delirious at the time of ICU admission or within 24 hours after admission. …”
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“…This study examined whether the GMU program improved outcomes in delirious patients. METHOD: A total of 320 patients, including 47 pre-GMU, 234 GMU, and 39 concurrent control subjects, were studied. …”
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“…This ICU Delirium in Clinical Practice Implementation Evaluation study (iDECePTIvE-study) will generate important knowledge for ICU health care providers on how to improve their clinical practice to establish optimum care for delirious patients. TRIALS REGISTRATION: Clinical Trials NCT01952899 ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13012-014-0143-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.…”
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“…Worldwide, haloperidol is the first choice for pharmacological treatment of delirious patients. In daily clinical practice, a lower dose is sometimes used as prophylaxis. …”
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“…RESULTS: 38 of 260 participants (15%) were delirious at least once during the first 3 days of hospitalisation. …”
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“…Secondary outcomes of interest include the difference between groups in the severity and duration of delirious episodes, hospital length of stay and referrals to mental health services during admission. …”
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“…As melatonin is safe, cheap, and potentially effective, it would be easily implementable in routine practice and could lead to significant outcome benefits for delirious inpatients. TRIAL REGISTRATION: The trial is registered with the Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (trial ID: ACTRN12614000101684) (registered 28/01/2014).…”
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“…In-hospital mortality was 34%. Delirious patients had a higher mortality (40 vs. 23%; p = 0.005), a lower proportion with return to functional baseline (30 vs. 46%; p = 0.012), and a higher proportion with unfavorable outcome in survivors (74 vs. 54%; p = 0.010). …”
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“…Results: A total of 114 adults (61 females, 53 males) between the ages of 70 and 104 years (M = 81 years, SD = 7) participated in our study after screening out delirious patients. We observed a test-retest reliability of the serious game (as assessed by correlation r-values) between 0.5 and 0.8 across adjacent sessions. …”
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“…There was no significant difference in the 6-month mortality between delirious patients with (34.0%) and without dementia (26.3%). …”
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