In her late 60s, your mom goes to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. Within hours, she’s confused and agitated, insisting she’s at home and not in a hospital bed. Medical professionals call ...

How often have you heard someone exclaim, "You're delirious!" or "You're demented!" in disbelief of another person's apparent deterioration of thoughts/actions? Delirious and demented get used ...

Credit: Getty Images Prioritizing nonpharmacologic strategies, enhancing staff training, and distinguishing Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD) are vital to improving outcomes for hospitalized ...

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

Having to stay in a hospital or long-term care facility is stressful. Not only is a patient sick or injured, but they are in an unfamiliar environment away from their families and may not know the ...

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 4: Staff nurse Judith Marini checks an elderly man's IV in the emergency room at Coney Island Hospital October 4, 2002. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) I recently visited a ...

Delirium is a state of acute cognitive alteration. It affects one in four hospitalized older people, with a high impact on healthcare costs and human wellbeing. A recent paper published in the journal ...

A comprehensive review of research published today in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association finds delirium to be an often-undiagnosed syndrome, affecting nearly 18 percent of long-term ...

A major genetic risk factor for delirium has been identified in a study that analyzed the DNA of more than 1 million people worldwide. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates.