Treating delirium with antipsychotic medications and using haloperidol (Haldol) to prevent it showed little or no benefit over placebo, a pair of systematic reviews published in Annals of Internal ...

Delirium affects many hospitalized older Australians, and while it can have many complications, treatments are limited. However, researchers have identified intranasal insulin as a potential new ...

Neither first- nor second-generation antipsychotics show a clear benefit over placebo for preventing or treating delirium in hospitalized adults, and their routine use should be discontinued, ...

Delirium is a serious but often treatable condition that can happen suddenly to someone who is unwell. It’s much more common in older people, especially those with dementia. Delirium is a change in a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A condition most common in older adults can lead to longer hospitalizations. It's called delirium, and the treatment and prevention has become a key focus for doctors at UCSF's ...

Delirium is a state of mental confusion that has a variety of causes including illness, surgery or the use of some medications. Also called “acute confusional state,” delirium usually starts suddenly ...

Because there are no walls in the Delirium Room, a highly trained certified nursing assistant or registered nurse can constantly monitor their conditions, picking up on potential problems early to ...

Delirium is associated with a five-fold increase in mortality in acute cardiac patients, according to research. Delirium was common and affected over half of acute cardiac patients aged 85 years and ...