Delirium is a common neurobehavioral syndrome that occurs across health care settings
which is associated with adverse outcomes, including death. There are limited data on long …

Delirium is a severe, acute neuropsychiatric syndrome that is highly prevalent in acute
hospital populations. Delirium has noticeable effects on length of hospitalization, cost of …

Background Delirium is common, distressing and associated with poor outcomes. Previous
studies investigating the impact of delirium on cognitive outcomes have been limited by …

Delirium is an acute confusional state with an average prevalence of about 20% in general
hospital populations, based on both referral and consecutive admission study designs. It …

Background Delirium is a heterogeneous syndrome with inattention as the core feature.
There is considerable variation in the presence and degree of other symptom domains such …

Background: Delirium frequently accompanies acute illness. With treatment of the illness,
some individuals recover from delirium while for others the symptoms persist. It is not …

Delirium is not only one of the most common complications that older patients develop after
admission to hospital but it is also one of the most serious. Although stroke is a known …

Information about the epidemiology of delirium has grown tremendously over the past 2
decades. However, methodological challenges have made this area of research difficult to …

The purpose of this paper was to contribute to a new conceptual understanding of delirium
by reviewing evidence related to its prevention, treatment, and outcome. The review process …

BACKGROUND: delirium is common and is associated with many adverse short-term
consequences. OBJECTIVES: to examine the relationship between an episode of delirium …