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Hace 2 días · El delirium es la complicación posoperatoria más común en adultos mayores y se asocia con malos resultados, incluido el deterioro cognitivo a largo plazo y la demencia incidental. Richard N. Jones, ScD, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University es coautor principal del artículo, "Trayectoria cognitiva de seis años en adultos mayores ...
Hace 2 días · Background Competence in delirium care begins with pre-registration education for health care professionals. Although a common complication for hospitalised patients, delirium is avoidable and reversible. Delirium requires early recognition in person-centred care. Students need to learn how to identify and effectively care for ‘at risk’ patients. Aim To identify and examine literature on ...
Hace 3 días · Describe the prevalence of delirium in hospitalized elderly patients. Identify risk factors for delirium in the elderly. Recognize neuroimaging findings seen in delirium. Describe ways to prevent delirium in the hospital.
Hace 2 días · Delirium is a heterogeneous syndrome characterized by an acute change in level of consciousness that is associated with inattention and disorganized thinking. Delirium affects most critically ill patients and is associated with poor patient-oriented outcomes such as increased mortality, longer ICU a …
Hace 5 días · Psychoactive drugs frequently cause delirium adverse events in older adults. However, few data on the relationship between antidepressants and delirium are available. Here, we investigated the association between antidepressant prescription and pharmacovigilance reports of delirium in older adults. Using the World Health Organization’s VigiBase® global pharmacovigilance database from 1967 ...
Hace 5 días · El delirio altera las capacidades mentales de una persona de forma repentina (más aguda) e incluso grave. "Puede aparecer en horas o días", dijo Brand. Con esto, una persona puede estar confundida y menos consciente de lo que sucede a su alrededor.
Hace 5 días · Definition. In common usage, delirium can refer to drowsiness, agitation, disorientation, or hallucinations. In medical terminology, however, the core features of delirium include an acute disturbance in attention, awareness, and global cognition.
