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Haloperidol and Ziprasidone for Treatment of Delirium in Critical Illness [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: There are conflicting data on the effects of antipsychotic medications on delirium in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we assigned patients with acute ...
Bernard, G.R., Boehm, L.M., Bowton, D.L., Brummel, N.E., Carson, S.S., Chandrasekhar, R., Dittus, R.S., Douglas, I.S., Ely, E.W., Exline, M.C., Feinstein, D.J., Girard, T.D., Gong, M.N., Hite, R.D., Hough, C.L., Hughes, C.G., Hyzy, R.C., Jackson, J.C., Khan, B., Malhotra, A., Masica, A.L., Owens, R.L., Pandharipande, P.P., Patel, M.B., Pisani, M.A., Pun, B.T., Rock, P., Schmidt, G.A., Schweickert, W.D., Stollings, J.L., Strength, C., Thompson, J.L.   +31 more
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Delirium in Internal Medicine Departments in a Tertiary Hospital in Israel: Occurrence, Detection Rates, Risk Factors, and Outcomes

Frontiers in Medicine, 2020
Background: The aim of the study was to assess the occurrence rate of delirium among elderly hospitalized patients in the medicine wards of a large tertiary hospital, to identify risk factors, and to evaluate the diagnostic rate for delirium among the ...
Nirit Tzur Efraim, Nirit Tzur Efraim, Evgeniya Zikrin, Evgeniya Zikrin, David Shacham, David Shacham, Dori Katz, Dori Katz, Evgeni Makulin, Evgeni Makulin, Leonid Barski, Leonid Barski, Lior Zeller, Lior Zeller, Carmi Bartal, Carmi Bartal, Tamar Freud, Svetlana Lebedinski, Yan Press, Yan Press, Yan Press, Yan Press, Yan Press   +22 more
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Preoperative STOP-BANG Scores and Postoperative Delirium and Coma in Thoracic Surgery Patients [PDF]

, 2018
Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with higher rates of postoperative delirium. The relationship between preoperative OSA risk and postoperative delirium and coma in thoracic surgery patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit ...
Gradney, Steve, Kesler, Kenneth, Khan, Babar, Khan, Sikandar H., Manchanda, Shalini, Perkins, Anthony, Sigua, Ninotchka Liban, Wang, Sophia   +7 more
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Algorithmic Bias in Machine Learning Based Delirium Prediction [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Although prediction models for delirium, a commonly occurring condition during general hospitalization or post-surgery, have not gained huge popularity, their algorithmic bias evaluation is crucial due to the existing association between social determinants of health and delirium risk.
arxiv  

Public Health Model Identifies Recruitment Barriers among Older Adults with Delirium and Dementia [PDF]

, 2013
Recruiting older adults and their family caregivers into research studies presents challenges. Although the literature notes some general recruitment challenges, no studies specifically address the unique challenges of recruiting older adults who have ...
Boaz, Lesley, Bull, Margaret J., Sjostedt, Jennifer M.   +2 more
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Informant single screening questions for delirium and dementia in acute care – a cross-sectional test accuracy pilot study [PDF]

, 2015
Background Cognitive impairment often goes undetected in older people in hospital. Efficient screening tools are required to improve detection.<p></p> To determine diagnostic properties of two separate informant-based single screening ...
Evans, Jonathan J., Hendry, Kirsty, Quinn, Terence J., Stott, David J.   +3 more
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Evaluation of a co-produced delirium awareness programme for undergraduate nursing students in Northern Ireland: a pre-test/post-test study

BMC Nursing, 2020
Background Delirium is recognised internationally as a common disorder that causes acute deterioration in a person’s cognitive abilities. Healthcare professionals play a key role in the early identification and management of delirium and effective ...
Gary Mitchell, Clare McVeigh, Susan Carlisle, Christine Brown-Wilson   +3 more
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Risk Factors and Outcomes for Postoperative Delirium after Major Surgery in Elderly Patients. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Early identification of patients at risk for delirium is important, since adequate well timed interventions could prevent occurrence of delirium and related detrimental outcomes.
Jelle W Raats, Wilbert A van Eijsden, Rogier M P H Crolla, Ewout W Steyerberg, Lijckle van der Laan   +4 more
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Computable Phenotypes to Characterize Changing Patient Brain Dysfunction in the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
In the United States, more than 5 million patients are admitted annually to ICUs, with ICU mortality of 10%-29% and costs over $82 billion. Acute brain dysfunction status, delirium, is often underdiagnosed or undervalued. This study's objective was to develop automated computable phenotypes for acute brain dysfunction states and describe transitions ...
arxiv  

Proteomic and epigenomic markers of sepsis-induced delirium (SID) [PDF]

, 2015
In elderly population sepsis is one of the leading causes of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in the United States. Sepsis-induced delirium (SID) is the most frequent cause of delirium in ICU (Martin et al., 2010). Together delirium and SID represent
Adonis eSfera, Amy I Price, Carolina eOsorio, Michael eCummings, Roberto eGradini, Roberto eGradini   +5 more
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