Rates of delirium for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) have skyrocketed in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, said Brenda Truman Pun, DNP, RN, director of data quality ...

“The new tool can be completed by a nurse in two minutes, and provides a clinically useful and practical alternative to existing delirium prediction models.” An Imbalance of Neurotransmitters.

Because the etiology of delirium is often multifactorial, the authors suggest a mnemonic, “I WATCH DEATH,” as a helpful approach to thinking systematically about risk factors: Risk Factor Examples ...

Delirium is a type of confusion that develops suddenly—over the course of hours or days—and most commonly affects older adults who are hospitalized or in a long-term care facility. “We refer to ...

This guideline covers diagnosing and treating delirium in people aged 18 and over in hospital and in long-term residential care or a nursing home. It also covers identifying people at risk of ...