Delirium - Complications
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Monday, November 23, 2009

[Delirium in the critically ill]

17 Oct 2009 Interest in and the quantity of publications on delirium in critically ill patients have grown increasingly over the last decade. Critically ill patients have traditionally been sedated to facilitate mechanical ventilation. This practice impeded the ... Read more...

The overlap syndrome of depression and delirium in older hospitalized patients.

Jun 2009 OBJECTIVES: To measure the prevalence, predictors, and posthospitalization outcomes associated with the overlap syndrome of coexisting depression and incident delirium in older hospitalized patients. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of prospective cohort ... Read more...

Markers of cerebral damage during delirium in elderly patients with hip fracture.

25 May 2009 BACKGROUND: S100B protein and Neuron Specific Enolase (NSE) can increase due to brain cell damage and/or increased permeability of the blood-brain-barrier. Elevation of these proteins has been shown after various neurological diseases with cognitive ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Delirium - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Delirium in the critically ill] 17 Oct 2009
• The overlap syndrome of depression and delirium in older hospitalized patients. Jun 2009
• Markers of cerebral damage during delirium in elderly patients with hip fracture. 25 May 2009
• Mortality in medical-surgical inpatients referred for psychiatric consultation. 30 Apr 2009
• Predisposing factors associated with delirium among demented long-term care residents. 29 Apr 2009
• Impact of delirium and recall on the level of distress in patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers. 29 Apr 2009
• The long-term cognitive and functional outcomes of postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery. 29 Apr 2009
• Predicting the onset of delirium in the post-operative patient. 16 Mar 2009
• Effects of an interdisciplinary nurse-led Delirium Prevention and Management Program (DPMP) on nursing workload: a pilot study. 25 Feb 2009
• [Multidisciplinary treatment and care] 30 Dec 2008
• In harm's way: Moving the older trauma patient toward a better outcome. 30 Dec 2008
• Quantifying the association between computerised measures of attention and confusion assessment method defined delirium: a prospective study of older orthopaedic surgical patients, free of dementia. 29 Nov 2008
• [Psychiatric symptom in cancer patients requiring immediate management] 29 Nov 2008
• Outcomes Associated With Delirium in Older Patients in Surgical ICUs. 16 Nov 2008
• Delirium superimposed on dementia predicts 12-month survival in elderly patients discharged from a postacute rehabilitation facility: a comment. 29 Sep 2008
• Psychiatric aspects of heart and lung disease in critical care. 29 Sep 2008
• Postoperative delirium and health related quality of life after coronary artery bypass grafting. 29 Sep 2008
• Factors associated with falls in patients with cancer hospitalized for palliative care. 29 Jun 2008
• [Delirium in patients aged more the 94 years with femur fracture] 29 Apr 2008
• Quantitative analysis of rest-activity patterns in elderly postoperative patients with delirium: support for a theory of pathologic wakefulness. 13 Apr 2008

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Technical information about 'Delirium'

Definition: A disorder characterized by CONFUSION; inattentiveness; disorientation; ILLUSIONS; HALLUCINATIONS; agitation; and in some instances autonomic nervous system overactivity. It may result from toxic/metabolic conditions or structural brain lesions. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp411-2)

Descriptor UI: D003693

Alternative terms: Delirium; Subacute Delirium; Delirium, Subacute; Deliriums, Subacute; Subacute Deliriums; Delirium of Mixed Origin; Mixed Origin Delirium; Mixed Origin Deliriums;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.337.500; C23.888.592.604.339.500; F01.700.250.500; F03.087.350;

Technical Notes: this is not the French "délire" ( = DELUSIONS)