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Aims: Delirium is associated with adverse outcomes following hip fracture, but the prevalence and significance of delirium for the prognosis and ongoing rehabilitation needs of patients admitted from home is less well studied.
Rose S. Penfold +5 more
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Background Delirium is a heterogeneous syndrome with inattention as the core feature. There is considerable variation in the presence and degree of other symptom domains such as altered arousal, psychotic features and global cognitive dysfunction ...
Zoë Tieges +6 more
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Introduction Delirium is an acute state of brain dysfunction prevalent among critically ill patients. Disturbances in the sympathetic neurons, including cholinergic neurons, have been reported to cause delirium by upsetting the balance of ...
Saiko Okamoto RN, MSN +3 more
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The frequency and quality of delirium documentation in discharge summaries
Background The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends documenting all delirium episodes in the discharge summary using the term “delirium”. Previous studies demonstrate poor delirium documentation rates in discharge summaries and no
Victoria L Chuen +4 more
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Retrospective delirium ascertainment from case notes: a retrospective cohort study
Objectives This study sets out to ascertain if recognition of delirium impacts on patient outcomes.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting Unscheduled admissions to acute care trust/secondary care UK hospitals.Participants Six hundred and fifty-six ...
Qurrat Ul Ain +74 more
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The use of clonidine in elderly patients with delirium; pharmacokinetics and hemodynamic responses
Background The Oslo Study of Clonidine in Elderly Patients with Delirium (LUCID) is an RCT investigating the effect of clonidine in medical patients > 65 years with delirium.
Karen Roksund Hov +8 more
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Background Delirium is a common and serious clinical syndrome which is often missed in routine clinical care. The core cognitive feature is inattention.
Lisa-Marie Rutter +22 more
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Delirium is a critical challenge in the intensive care unit (ICU) or high care unit (HCU) setting and is associated with poor outcomes. There is not much literature on how many patients in this setting are assessed for delirium and what tools are used ...
Kenzo Ishii +20 more
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Clinical phenotypes of delirium in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit.
BackgroundLimited data are available on clinical phenotype for delirium that occurs frequently among patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU).
Ryoung-Eun Ko +8 more
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Delirium as a marker of vulnerability in the elderly
Delirium is the clinical expression of an acute cerebral dysfunction caused by various noxious insults. Its prevalence is very high in the elderly, especially in the hospital setting, and in geriatric patients it can be the clinical manifestation of ...
Giuseppe Bellelli +2 more
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