Search results for delirium
Delirium may cause rapid cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 04, 2009 |
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Alzheimer's disease patients who develop delirium, a sudden state of severe confusion and disorientation, are significantly more likely to experience rapid cognitive decline than Alzheimer's patients who didn't experience ...
Study: delirium presentation predicts mortality
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 06, 2009 |
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The way certain patients present in the post-acute hospital setting with delirium, a common, preventable but life-threatening acute confusional state, predicts mortality, according to a study conducted by the Institute for ...
Statins increase risk of postoperative delirium in elderly patients
Sep 22, 2008 |
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The use of statins is associated with a 28% increased risk of postoperative delirium in elderly patients, found University of Toronto professor Dr. Donald Redelmeier and colleagues in a retrospective cohort analysis involving ...
Delirium in hospitalized adults: Situation critical, no relief available
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Every year as many as seven million adults in the United States experience delirium during hospitalization. In a systematic review of the scientific literature on delirium prevention and treatment, investigators from Indiana ...
Newer medication may offer advantages over agents often used for sedation in ICU
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Use of the sedative dexmedetomidine for critically ill patients resulted in less time on a ventilator and less delirium compared to patients administered a more commonly used drug, according to a study in the February 4 issue ...
Hormone treatment eases post-surgery distress in children
Jul 01, 2009 |
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A scary unknown for many children, the prospect of surgery can cause intense preoperative anxiety. While some amount of stress is normal, what many parents do not know is that extreme anxiety before surgery can contribute ...
Intensive care quality of sleep improved by new drug, reports study
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 12, 2007 |
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A new sedative drug has been shown to improve the sleep quality and comfort levels of intensive care patients, compared to the most commonly-used medication, according to research published today in the journal JAMA.
Millions of teens abusing cold medicines
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 11, 2008 |
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A U.S. survey says millions of teenagers and young adults are getting high off non-prescription cough and cold medicines.
The dopamine transporter gene influences alcohol withdrawal seizures
Jan 03, 2008 |
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“People with alcoholism continue to die because of complications related to withdrawal symptoms, mainly delirium tremens – delirium associated with visual hallucinations – and /or seizures,” said Philip Gorwood, professor ...
Early mobilization of patients in ICU improves outcomes
May 18, 2009 |
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Aside from the obvious and immediate health problems that patients undergoing mechanical ventilation face, those who recover often do so with profound loss of strength and mobility that can impair their daily functioning ...
Could new government regulations lead to increased use of physical restraints?
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Over the past 20 years, the health care system has made tremendous progress in reducing the use of physical restraints among hospitalized elderly patients, a positive change that has had numerous numerous ripple effects, ...
Antipsychotic drugs increase risk of developing pneumonia in elderly
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Elderly patients who use antipsychotic drugs have a 60 percent increased risk of developing pneumonia compared to non-users. This risk is highest in the first week following prescription and decreases gradually thereafter. ...
Tw studies examine medical consequences of police use of force during restraint
May 17, 2009 |
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Dr. Jared Strote at the University of Washington Medical Center led a group that examined the medical records of nearly 900 patients subdued by the Seattle Police Department with a Taser over a six-year period. Less than ...
Angiotensin receptor blockers are lower incidence, progression of Alzheimer's disease
Jul 28, 2008 |
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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, found that angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)—a particular class of anti-hypertensive medicines—are associated with a striking decrease ...
Mild exercise while in the ICU reduces bad effects of prolonged bed rest
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Critical care experts at Johns Hopkins are reporting initial success in boosting recovery and combating muscle wasting among critically ill, mostly bed-bound patients using any one of a trio of mild physical therapy exercises ...
