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Selecting Optimal Screening Items for Delirium: An Application of Item Response Theory [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Delirium (acute confusion), is a common, morbid, and costly complication of acute illness in older adults. Yet, researchers and clinicians lack short, efficient, and sensitive case identification tools for delirium.
Crane, Paul K, Inouye, Sharon, Jones, Richard Norman, Marcantonio, Edward Ralph, Ngo, Long H., Rudolph, James, Tommet, Douglas, Yang, Frances Margaret   +7 more
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Nationwide Real‐World Modeling of Surgical Outcomes in Elderly Patients: Incorporating Geriatric‐Specific Risk Factors Into Prediction of Mortality and Morbidity

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
A reliable and effective risk prediction model for mortality and morbidity in elderly patients undergoing gastroenterological surgeries was developed and validated. Geriatric‐specific risk factors, including the newly added variables in the NCD registry, along with age, were identified as significant contributors to the model. ABSTRACT Aim As the aging
Naoya Sato, Hiraku Kumamaru, Mitsukazu Gotoh, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Yuko Kitagawa, Yasuyuki Seto, Hiromi Rakugi, Masahiro Akishita, Kazue Nakajima, Arata Takahashi, Hiroaki Miyata, Shigeru Marubashi   +11 more
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Incremental medical cost of delirium in elderly patients with cognitive impairment: analysis of a nationwide administrative database in Japan

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives Delirium is a neuropsychiatric disorder that commonly occurs in elderly patients with cognitive impairment. The economic burden of delirium in Japan has not been well characterised.
Shigeru Tokita, Kotoba Okuyama, Yasuyuki Okumura, Naoya Ueda, Masakazu Igarashi, Hideki Sano, Kanae Takahashi, Zaina P Qureshi, Asao Ogawa, Shoki Okuda   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alcohol Withdrawal – Therapeutical Management in Surgical Patients with Upper Intestinal Bleeding [PDF]

, 2015
Psychological dependence involves a desire to use a drug to avoid the unpleasant withdrawal syndrome that results from cessation of exposure to it. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is one of the most feared complications of alcohol addiction and sometimes can
Bogdan, Popescu, Cristian, Bălălău, Denisa, Cobani Oana, Gloria, Trambitasu, Negrei, Carolina, Valentin, Scăunașu Răzvan   +5 more
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The National Clinical Database Risk Calculator and the 5‐Item Modified Frailty Index Predict the Development of Postoperative Delirium After Surgery for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that combining the NCD Risk Calculator with the mFI‐5 enables more precise stratification of postoperative delirium risk in patients undergoing surgery for HCC. Patients classified as high risk by the combined model showed a markedly higher incidence of delirium than those in the intermediate‐ and low‐risk groups.
Kiyotaka Hosoda, Akira Shimizu, Koji Kubota, Tsuyoshi Notake, Hiroki Sakai, Kentaro Yoshikawa, Tomohiko Ikehara, Hikaru Hayashi, Koya Yasukawa, Yuji Soejima   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acetylcholinesterase activity measurement and clinical features of delirium [PDF]

, 2016
Aims: Cholinergic deficiency is commonly implicated in the pathophysiology of delirium. We aimed to investigate the relationship between directly measured serum AChE activity and (1) clinical features of delirium and (2) outcomes, among older hospital ...
Gladman, J.R.F., Jackson, T.A., Lord, J.M., Maclullich, A.M.J., Moorey, H.C., Sheehan, B.   +5 more
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“And in some cases, we're the best option:” A qualitative study of community‐based doula support for black perinatal mental health

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract We explored community‐based doulas' perspectives on the acceptability of using formal screening tools to address low rates of mental health screening, diagnosis, and treatment for perinatal anxiety and depression among Black women. Using thematic analysis, we analyzed interview data from 30 community‐based doulas who support Black families ...
Tamara Nelson, Naysha N. Shahid, Samrawit B. Gebretensay, Chareina C. Johnson, Penny D. Telesford, Karen Sheffield‐Abdullah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Practices in sedation, analgesia, mobilization, delirium, and sleep deprivation in adult intensive care units (SAMDS-ICU): an international survey before and during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

, 2022
Mariana Luz, Bruna Brandão Barreto, Roberta Esteves Vieira de Castro, Jorge I. Salluh, Felipe Dal‐Pizzol, Caio Araújo, Audrey De Jong, Gérald Chanques, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Eduardo Tobar, Carolina Giménez-Esparza Vich, Federico Carini, E. Wesley Ely, Joanna L. Stollings, Kelly Drumright, John P. Kress, Pedro Póvoa, Yahya Shehabi, Wilson Mphandi, Dimitri Gusmao-Flores   +19 more
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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source