Regulators should target prior authorizations and underpayment to address emergency department boarding, experts said Tuesday ...

If you are starting to notice cognitive changes in your parents or aging loved ones, you might want to educate yourself on ...

Mazin Zaim died in hospital on Oct. 2, 2023, nearly two weeks after he was handcuffed, hog-tied and pinned down by Edmonton ...

A controversial diagnosis that Alberta officials say they don’t recognize as a cause of death is cited numerous times in the ...

Explore key strategies for managing dementia confusion and Alzheimer’s. Learn about recognizing signs, using the Confusion Assessment Method, and adapting daily routines for better care of affected in ...

Children monitored with SedLine were exposed to an average of 1.4 MAC hours less sevoflurane and had a 14% lower incidence rate of PAED. On average, they regained consciousness 53% sooner and were ...

Geriatric nursing teams and advanced practice nurses who are trained to manage agitation and delirium through compassionate methods, not restraints, can be especially helpful in this context.

The term “excited delirium” has been used as a diagnosis to describe people who die suddenly in police custody. But physicians and medical boards have long dismissed excited delirium as unscientific, ...

The addition of lorazepam to haloperidol reduced symptoms of agitated delirium among individuals with advanced cancers, according to study findings.The double blind randomized trial included 75 ...

When hospitalised, elderly patients can often become agitated and disoriented. Here’s how you can help them. Delirium: this common and frightening syndrome looks like dementia, but comes on much ...

Agitated delirium occurs when a patient’s brain function begins to deteriorate as their cancer advances, resulting in many patients beginning to behave aggressively or abnormally.