Comparison of monthly delirium detection rates before any ML-model deployment (pre-ML) and following deployment of the multimodal ML-delirium risk stratification model in live clinical practice ...

Delirium is a type of confusion that develops suddenly—over the course of hours or days—and most commonly affects older adults who are hospitalized or in a long-term care facility. “We refer to ...

The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) is an evidence-based care program designed to prevent delirium and functional decline in hospitalized adults over 65 years old. This program allows patients to ...

Delirium affected 44% of critically ill patients in an Ohio medical center who were hospitalized after a recent stroke, according to new research published in the American Journal of Critical Care.

Delirium is a strong risk factor for dementia and death among older people, finds the largest study of its kind published by The BMJ today. The findings show that, among hospital patients with at ...

Julieta* grew weaker as her illness progressed. She was a frail, 4'11", elderly woman battling terminal cancer who began punching the air, trying to assert control over an unfamiliar reality. As her ...

Forty patients (24%) developed postoperative delirium, and these patients had displayed a greater mean macular thickness (283.35 µm) of the right eye at their preoperative assessment than the patients ...

They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. The eyes also might help detect seniors at risk for a common syndrome in which they emerge from surgery in a state of delirium, new research suggests.

Emergency departments face increased boarding times and uncompensated care burdens, particularly for psychiatric patients.