Background: Emergency care systems are at the core of modern healthcare and are the
“point-of-entry/admission” into the hospital for many older/elderly patients. Among these, it is …

Objectives We aimed to determine age-specific rates of delirium and associated factors in
acute medicine, and the impact of delirium on mortality and re-admission on long-term follow …

Urea is generated by the urea cycle enzymes, which are mainly in the liver but are also
ubiquitously expressed at low levels in other tissues. The metabolic process is altered in …

Background A decreased incidence of delirium following the application of non-
pharmacologic intervention protocols to several patient populations has been previously …

The radial displacement of one or several points of the dam is an important time-varying
behaviour indicator and it is a nonlinear function of hydrostatic pressure, temperature and …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a preoperative, multidisciplinary
intervention program for the prevention of acute postoperative delirium on the incidence and …

Introdução: O delirium é uma síndrome neuropsiquiátrica transitória e flutuante, com início
súbito frequente nos doentes internados, em particular, na população geriátrica e paliativa …

Background Delirium is a common acute mental disorder, and its adverse outcomes often
cause distress to both patients and their families. Despite its prevalence in patients treated in …

Objective: Delirium is a common neuropsychiatric syndrome in the elderly characterized by
concurrent impairments in cognition and behavior. Infection is one of the most important risk …

Among care providers, nurses have the most influence on the occurrence of delirium in
patients. To identify and investigate the risk factors associated with delirium and analyse the …