Delirium affected 44% of critically ill patients in an Ohio medical center who were hospitalized after a recent stroke, ...

Although such scales are essential in objectively diagnosing delirium for research purposes, it is not clear that the use of these scales is more sensitive than unstructured assessments made by ...

Delirium “is now taught or at least mentioned in every medical and nursing school in the country. ... The CAM scale is built into the hospital’s electronic medical record, ...

They also found that conversely, those with low AWOL scores were at relatively low risk of developing delirium, meaning that the AWOL tool could stratify patients into high- and low-risk groups. Once ...

Delirium Tremens: Delirium tremens is a severe, life-threatening form of alcohol withdrawal. ... a questionnaire called a Clinical Institute for Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol Revised Scale.

Delirium, as the condition is called, can keep people in the hospital longer, ... We as a profession need to slow down and take our own pulse, lest we make grievous errors on a grand scale.