Although urinary tract infections (UTIs) are typically minor—albeit painful—health issues for most people, they can pose ...

Neither first- nor second-generation antipsychotics show a clear benefit over placebo for preventing or treating delirium in hospitalized adults, and their routine use should be discontinued, ...

Delirium is a serious but often treatable condition that can happen suddenly to someone who is unwell. It’s much more common in older people, especially those with dementia. Delirium is a change in a ...

Delirium is a sudden onset of acute confusion in which those affected are disoriented, have impaired attention, and experience altered perception -often accompanied by hallucinations or sleep ...

Benzodiazepines like lorazepam can precipitate or worsen delirium, and are often avoided for patients with end-of-life delirium. Among cancer patients in a palliative care setting, those who received ...

Delirium is the most common neuropsychiatric complication seen in patients with cancer, and it is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Increased health care costs, prolonged hospital ...

Researcher-clinicians are conducting a multi-site study to establish that music intervention can reduce the likelihood of critically ill, mechanically ventilated older adults in a hospital intensive ...

"My elderly mom was admitted to a nursing home a couple weeks ago, and now seems to be hallucinating on and off, especially at night," a patient asked recently. "She has never had any mental illness.