While waking up from knee surgery, a 17-year-old boy temporarily lost his ability to speak in his native language.

Delirium is a serious change in mental abilities. It results in confused thinking and a lack of awareness of someone’s ...

If you are experiencing signs of delirium, a healthcare provider can often make a diagnosis using close observation and simple tests to assess your awareness, thinking, and attention. For example, ...

“But with prompt diagnosis, 92% of PE patients survive and, with proper management, go on to live healthy and full lives.” As Dr. Dahhan explains, “A PE is a blood clot that forms in the body—most ...

Dear Carol: My 95-year-old mom was recently hospitalized for pneumonia. While there, she developed delirium and didn’t even know the family. The hospital staff acted as if it was nothing to ...

16 23 Other tools that are validated in critically ill patients for the diagnosis of delirium will also be accepted, including: variations of the CAM-ICU (such as CAM-ICU-7 or CAM-Severity) the ...

Delirium, a common complication in elderly surgical patients, poses significant challenges in perioperative care. Perioperative geriatric services (PGS) aim at managing comorbidities, postoperative ...

Regardless of complexity, a delirium prediction model that can be applied conveniently would help manage delirium in the ICU. Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate a generally applicable ...