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…
Multi-hospital trial explores better sleep strategies for ICU patients
UC San Diego Health has launched a five-year, national multi-site clinical research study aimed at improving sleep and…
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…
Acupuncture may help ICU patients recover faster
As ICU survival improves, researchers are exploring whether acupuncture could become a low-risk, evidence-informed add-on to critical care,…
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…