Background delirium is common in older emergency department (ED) patients, but vastly
under-recognised, in part due to lack of standardised screening processes. Understanding …

Objectives Unrecognized delirium is associated with significant adverse outcomes. Despite
decades of effort and educational initiatives, validated screening tools have not improved …

Detecting delirium in elderly emergency patients is critical to their outcome. The Nursing
Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC) is a short, feasible instrument that allows nurses to …

Aims and objectives In order to obtain more information regarding this phenomenon, a
scoping review of the literature was undertaken to analyse current research on the …

Background Delirium in hospitalized patients is a major public health issue, yet delirium is
often unrecognized and missed during inpatient admission. The objective of this study was …

Background Delirium is a complex neurocognitive manifestation of an underlying medical or
surgical abnormality such as substance abuse, infection, sepsis, or organ failure. A …

Background Delirium in older emergency department (ED) patients is common, associated
with many adverse outcomes, and costly to manage. Delirium detection in the ED is almost …

Introduction Delirium is the most common emergency for older hospitalized patients that
demands urgent treatment, otherwise it can lead to more severe health conditions. Nurses …

Given the ample evidence delirium in hospitalized older adults is under-diagnosed and not
recognized by nurses up to 85% of the time, interventions are needed at the point of care to …

Background Delirium is a frequent form of psychopathology in elderly hospitalized patients;
it is a symptom of acute somatic illness. The consequences of delirium include high …