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Perioperative Risk Factors for Postoperative Delirium in Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy [PDF]

, 2019
Background Postoperative delirium affects up to 50% of patients undergoing esophagectomy and is associated with negative outcomes. The perioperative risk factors for delirium in this population are not well understood.
Fuchita, Mikita, Gao, Sujuan, Kesler, Kenneth A., Khan, Babar A., Khan, Sikandar H., Perkins, Anthony J., Wang, Sophia   +6 more
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Educating Family Caregivers for Older Adults About Delirium: A Systematic Review [PDF]

, 2016
Background Delirium in older adults is considered a medical emergency; it contributes to a cascade of functional decline and to increased mortality. Early recognition of delirium symptoms is critical to prevent these negative consequences.
Boaz, Lesley, Bull, Margaret J., Jermé, Martha G.   +2 more
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Recognizing Changes in Cognition in Sub Types of Acute Confusional State [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Background: Delirium or acute confusional state is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome, with varied cognitive dysfunctions. However, no comprehensive studies about this common condition have been carried out in India.
Raheel Mushtaq, Sheikh Shoib, Tabindah Shah, M Maqbool Dar, Sahil Mushtaq   +4 more
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Family Caregivers’ Knowledge of Delirium and Preferred Modalities for Receipt of Information [PDF]

, 2014
Delirium is a life-threatening, frequently reversible condition that is often a sign of an underlying health problem. In-hospital mortality alone for older adults with delirium ranges from 25% to 33%.
Boaz, Lesley, Bull, Margaret J., Sjostedt, Jennifer M.   +2 more
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Clinical phenotypes of delirium in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit.

PLoS ONE, 2022
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, Sungeun Kim, Jihye Lee, Sojin Park, Daehwan Bae, Ki Hong Choi, Taek Kyu Park, Chi Ryang Chung, Jeong Hoon Yang   +8 more
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Incidence and correlates of delirium in a West African mental health clinic [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: <br/> <br/> To determine the incidence of delirium in those patients presenting to a psychiatric clinic in Nigeria and to examine if any demographic or clinical variables were correlated with this diagnosis. <br/> <br/
Abiodun, Abiodun, Abiodun, Adamis, Adebayo Rasheed Erinfolami, Adeyemi, Aghanwa, Aghanwa, Andrew Olagunju, APA, Armstrong, Bolanle Adeyemi Ola, Brown, Burns, Cole, Cookson, Francis, Inouye, Jim Crabb, Kiely, Kishi, Koran, Koranyi, Meagher, Melka, Nubukpo, Pompei, Rajeev Krishnadas, Rockwood, Rolfson, Semple, Siddiqi, Sirois, SPSS Inc., Swigart, Taylor, Trzepacz, Trzepacz, van Hemert, Vanpee, Waszynski, Wei, WHO, WHO, WHO, Zou   +45 more
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Delirium in Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Multi-Institutional Point Prevalence Study

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
Introduction: Delirium occurs frequently in adults undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation, with significant associated morbidity. Little is known about the burden of delirium in children in the peri-transplant period.
Chani Traube, Chani Traube, Linda M. Gerber, Linda M. Gerber, Elizabeth A. Mauer, Keshia Small, Larisa Broglie, Yogi Raj Chopra, Christine N. Duncan, Christen L. Ebens, Julie C. Fitzgerald, Jason L. Freedman, Michelle P. Hudspeth, Caitlin Hurley, Kris M. Mahadeo, Jennifer McArthur, Miriam C. Shapiro, Matthew P. Sharron, Donna A. Wall, Matt S. Zinter, Bruce M. Greenwald, Bruce M. Greenwald, Gabrielle Silver, Farid Boulad, Farid Boulad   +24 more
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Evaluation of delirium screening tools in geriatric medical inpatients: a diagnostic test accuracy study [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: screening all unscheduled older adults for delirium is recommended in national guidelines, but there is no consensus on how to perform initial assessment.
Burns, Jennifer, Cunnington, AnneLouise, Evans, Jonathan, Hendry, Kirsty, Miller, Hazel, Quinn, Terence J., Scortichini, Valeria, Stott, David J.   +7 more
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DELIRIUM [PDF]

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1889
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Identification of delirium and subsyndromal delirium in intensive care patients

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2019
Objective: identify delirium and subsyndromal delirium in intensive care patients; age, hospitalization time, and mortality. Method: a retrospective, quantitative study conducted in the Intensive Care Unit, using the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale to
Alessandra Soler Bastos, Lúcia Marinilza Beccaria, Daniele Cristiny da Silva, Taís Pagliuco Barbosa   +3 more
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