Background Delirium after cardiac surgery is associated with adverse outcomes, including
prolonged hospital stay, prolonged intensive care unit stay, and increased mortality …

One of the most widely used guides to prescribing psychiatric medications, the Tenth Edition
of Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines returns with fully updated content and new sections on …

Objective: To evaluate the impact of frailty, measured using the Canadian Study of Health
and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale, on outcomes of older people hospitalized with acute illness …

Delirium occurs at rates ranging from 10% to 30% of all hospital admissions. It is a negative
prognostic indicator, often leading to longer hospital stays and higher mortality. The …

Objectives Delirium is known to contribute to increased rates of institutionalization and
mortality. The full extent of adverse outcomes, however, remains understudied. We aimed to …

Background Dementia is a serious, chronic, and costly public health problem. Prior studies
have described dementia as increasing length of hospital stay, but so far no explanations …

The purpose of this prospective study of 2180 consecutive index admissions to an acute
geriatric service was to compare in-hospital outcomes of frail older inpatients born in non …

Objective To describe clinical associations of delirium in hospitalized patients and
relationships to on admission presentation. Design Retrospective analysis of an …

Objective: Delirium is a brain dysfunction syndrome. In most cases, this syndrome is neither
diagnosed accurately nor treated properly. The incidence of delirium by itself increases …

Abstract Delirium occurs in 10-20% of medical patients on admission and a further 10-30%
develop delirium as an inpatient. Delirium is associated with increased length of stay …