Background Delirium is the most common neuropsychiatric syndrome encountered by
clinicians dealing with older adults and the medically ill and is best characterized by 5 core …

Importance Despite discrete etiologies leading to delirium, it is treated as a common end
point in hospital and in clinical trials, and delirium research may be hampered by the attempt …

Delirium is an acute disorder of attention and cognition in elderly people (ie, those aged 65
years or older) that is common, serious, costly, under-recognised, and often fatal. A formal …

Delirium is a neurobehavioral syndrome caused by dysregulation of neuronal activity
secondary to systemic disturbances. Over time, a number of theories have been proposed in …

Background Delirium is frequently diagnosed in critically ill patients and is associated with
poor clinical outcomes. Haloperidol is the most commonly used drug for delirium despite …

Delirium is a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by a sudden and global impairment
in consciousness, attention and cognition. It is particularly frequent in elderly subjects with …

Objectives: To determine the relationship between the number of delirium days experienced
by intensive care patients and mortality, ventilation time, and intensive care unit stay …

Background Delirium is a neurobehavioral syndrome caused by the transient disruption of
normal neuronal activity secondary to systemic disturbances. Objective The authors …

Objectives To investigate the association between anticholinergic drug burden (ADB),
measured with anticholinergic drug scales, and delirium and delirium severity. Design …

Importance Although several pharmacological interventions for delirium have been
investigated, their overall benefit and safety remain unclear. Objective To evaluate evidence …