Altered mental status is a common chief complaint among older patients in the emergency
department (ED). Despite the frequency of this complaint, the term “altered mental status” is …

Delirium is a common and severe neuropsychiatric syndrome characterised by acute
deterioration and fluctuations in mental status. It is precipitated mainly by acute illness …

Objective: Delirium, an acute organ dysfunction, is common among critically ill patients
leading to significant morbidity and mortality; its epidemiology in a mixed cardiology and …

Delirium is a serious neuropsychiatric syndrome of acute onset that occurs in approximately
one in five general hospital patients and is associated with serious adverse outcomes that …

Background Delirium is a common complication for older people in hospital. Evidence
suggests that delirium incidence in hospital may be reduced by about a third through a multi …

Aims and objectives. Validation of the Swedish version of the Nursing Delirium Screening
Scale as a screening tool for nurses to use to detect postoperative delirium in patients 70 …

Delirium is a serious complication that commonly occurs in critically ill patients in the
intensive care unit (ICU). Delirium is frequently unrecognized or missed despite its high …

The Delirium Motor Subtype Scale (DMSS) was developed by discerning the best
differentiating motor activity symptoms from the Delirium Motor Checklist (DMC), a …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a delirium education program for nurses
and assess its effects on knowledge of delirium, the importance of nursing intervention, and …

Background: Delirium is a poor recognized entity in surgical patients that may commonly be
mistaken as dementia or cognitive dysfunction. It is of great importance to know the …