Background Delirium is a common severe neuropsychiatric condition secondary to physical
illness, which predominantly affects older adults in hospital. Prior to this study, the UK point …

Background Research indicates that 40% of hospital-acquired delirium cases may be
preventable. However, despite its clinical significance, delirium often goes unrecognized or …

Background Delirium is frequent though undetected in older patients admitted to the
Emergency Department (ED). Aims To develop and validate a delirium risk assessment tool …

Background: Emergency care systems are at the core of modern healthcare and are the
“point-of-entry/admission” into the hospital for many older/elderly patients. Among these, it is …

Background Delirium is a frequent mental impairment in geriatric patients hospitalized in
acute care facilities. It carries a high risk of complications and is often the first symptom of …

Background: delirium is a common disorder in hospitalised older people and established
cases may have a poor outcome that is not readily improved by intervention. Prevention of …

Abstract Background Between 8–17% of older adults, and up to 40% of those arriving from
nursing homes, present with delirium upon admission to the Emergency Department (ED) …

Introduction Delirium is commonly missed in older adults presenting to the emergency
department (ED). Although current recommendations for active screening of delirium in the …

Objective: to examine the effect of a multi-component, delirium prevention intervention on
rates of incident delirium for patients admitted to specialist elderly care wards …