Delirium is an acute change in cognition and attention, which may include alterations in
consciousness and disorganized thinking. Although delirium may affect any age group, it is …

Context Delirium occurs in many hospitalized older patients and has serious consequences
including increased risk for death and admission to long-term care. Despite its importance …

The DRS-R-98, a 16-item clinician-rated scale with 13 severity items and 3 diagnostic items,
was validated against the Cognitive Test for Delirium (CTD), Clinical Global Impression …

As many as two million people in the United Kingdom repeatedly see people, animals, and
objects that have no objective reality. Hallucinations on the border of sleep, dementing …

Delirium occurring in patients with dementia is referred to as delirium superimposed on
dementia (DSD). People who are older with dementia and who are institutionalized are at …

Over the years many scales have been designed for screening, diagnosis and assessing the
severity of delirium. In this paper we review the various instruments available to screen the …

This commentary takes a closer look at how “constructive models of subjective perception,”
referred to by Collerton et al.(sect. 2), might contribute to the Perception and Attention Deficit …

Background Routine delirium screening could improve delirium detection, but it remains
unclear as to which screening tool is most suitable. We tested the diagnostic accuracy of the …

Objective Abnormal level of arousal (LoA) and inattention are key features of delirium.
However, the extent to which abnormal LoA alone might predict delirium and inattention is …

Objective The diagnosis of delirium depends on eliciting its features through mental status
examination and informant history. However, there is marked heterogeneity in how these …