Dementia is an illness that progressively affects cognition, emotion, and functional status. It
can be complicated by delirium, an acute disturbance of consciousness and cognition that …

Objectives To determine the frequency and baseline risk factors for partial and no recovery
from delirium in older hospitalized adults. Design Cohort study with assessment of recovery …

This review focuses on delirium and early recognition of symptoms by nurses. Delirium is a
transient organic mental syndrome characterized by disturbances in consciousness, thinking …

Background: Delirium in older hospital inpatients appears to be associated with various
adverse outcomes. The limitations of previous research on this association have included …

Delirium is a syndrome of disturbed consciousness, attention, and cognition or perception,
which develops acutely, fluctuates during the course of the day, and is attributable to a …

The authors tested the relationship between clinically diagnosed delirium during
hospitalization and increased mortality after accounting for pre-hospital measures of global …

Objective To determine if DSM‐III criteria or clinical or discharge diagnoses, reviewed
retrospectively, are as accurate an indicator of the presence of delirium as prospective …

OBJECTIVE: To assess a systematic intervention in cases of delirium in elderly inpatients.
DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial. SETTING: University-affiliated, primary acute care …

Delirium (acute confusional state) is a common condition in older people, affecting up to
30% of all older patients admitted to hospital. Patients who develop delirium have high …

Background Despite treatment of the associated condition, delirious persons do not always
recover for unknown reasons. We sought to determine early prognostic indicators of poor …