New tool identifies older adults at risk of delirium and falls from anticholinergic medications
Researchers funded by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) have developed a new tool to help doctors and…
Symposium highlights MIT’s wide range of innovations for aging brain health | MIT News
From its beginning in 2015, the premise of MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative (ABI) has been that neurodegenerative diseases…
ANESTHESIOLOGY 2026 to highlight latest advances in anesthesia care
Ketamine given during C-sections could help ease early symptoms of postpartum depression. Common pain relievers, such as ibuprofen,…
GSV hospitals achieve substantially higher delirium screening in older surgical patients
There is a stark gap in how often hospitals screen older adults for postoperative delirium, with verified geriatric…
Trazodone linked to safer delirium outcomes in older adults
A large U.S. study suggests that older adults hospitalized with delirium may experience better outcomes when treated with…
Disrupted brainstem-parahippocampal connectivity identified as a biomarker for delirium
Background and objectives Delirium, commonly observed in critically ill patients following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), is an acute neuropsychiatric…
First-generation antihistamines increase delirium risk in older hospitalized patients
An analysis in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reveals that older inpatients admitted to physicians who…