Background: Delirium is common in hospitalized patients and is associated with worse
outcomes. Antipsychotics are commonly used; however, the associated benefits and harms …

Delirium is the most common neuropsychiatric syndrome found in the acute care setting,
with a prevalence ranging from 10% in general medicine to 85% in advanced cancer and …

Contemporary cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) have an increasing prevalence of
noncardiovascular comorbidities and multisystem organ dysfunction. However, little …

Delirium is an important diagnosis, both because it is challenging to manage and because it
portends a poor prognosis in the hospital and beyond. 1 Delirium is particularly prevalent in …

Background Delirium is a frequent in-hospital complication in elderly patients, and is
associated with poor clinical outcome. Its clinical impact, however, has not yet been fully …

The effects of dexmedetomidine in adults undergoing cardiac surgery are inconsistent. We
conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis to analyse the effects of peri‐operative …

The mean age of patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has been
increasing steadily in the last decades, so managing very old patients has become common …

Prescribing of antipsychotic medications for patients with delirium remains controversial.
Concerns exist that these vulnerable and frail patients may be prescribed antipsychotics …

Background Accurate epidemiological data are essential for the planning of policies aimed
at the identification, prevention, and management of delirium. The reported occurrence of …

Objective To compare the risk of in-hospital mortality associated with haloperidol compared
with atypical antipsychotics in patients admitted to hospital with acute myocardial infarction …