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1. Hospital delirium in dementiaPage

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   Going into hospital: what is delirium, and can it be prevented? Delirium is a sudden bout of confusion, often set off by an illness, an operation or a hospital stay. People with dementia are much more likely to get it, and it is …

2. DeliriumGlossary term

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   A sudden, often short-term state of confusion, frequently caused by infection, medication, surgery, or dehydration. It can look like dementia but comes on quickly and is often reversible — which is why sudden confusion in an …

3. Delirium and dementia: the studiesPage

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   Delirium and dementia: what the studies report Delirium is a sudden confusion, usually in hospital, that is both more common in people with dementia and linked to faster decline afterwards. This page shows what the library …

4. Caregiving evidence: what actually helps dementia caregiversPage

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   … Hospital stays and delirium Antipsychotics for agitation in dementia How to read the labels: Measured counted, surveyed or written in law. Modelled estimate produced by a statistical model — an estimate, not a count. Basis …

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1. Association of Delirium With Long-term Cognitive Decline: A Meta-analysisResearch summary

   Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/association-of-delirium-with-long-term-cognitive-decline-a-meta-32658246

   Importance Delirium is associated with increased hospital costs, health care complications, and increased mortality. Long-term consequences of delirium on cognition have not been synthesized and quantified via meta-analysis. …

2. Dissecting the genetic and proteomic risk factors for deliriumResearch summary

   Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/dissecting-the-genetic-and-proteomic-risk-factors-for-delirium-41286463

   Delirium is an acute change in cognition, common in hospitalized older adults, and associated with high healthcare and human cost; however, delirium's genetic and proteomic background remains poorly understood. Here we conducted …

3. A Focused Update to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Anxiety, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICUResearch summary

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   … agitation/sedation, delirium, immobility, and sleep disruption in adults admitted to the ICU. In adult patients admitted to the ICU, the task force issued conditional recommendations to use dexmedetomidine over propofol for …

4. Delirium superimposed on dementia (DSD)—a practical approachResearch summary

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   … predisposing risks for delirium [6], along with psychotropic polypharmacy, which is common in dementia. Good dementia care and delirium prevention/management overlap significantly, aiding feasibility. In conclusion, delirium …

5. Medication Causes and Treatment of Delirium in Patients With and Without DementiaResearch summary

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   … medication associated with delirium in dementia patients were extracted. This summary offers the most detailed summary of medication-related information for delirium in patients with and without dementia to support prescribing …

6. Interventions for preventing delirium in hospitalised non-ICU patientsResearch summary

   Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/interventions-for-preventing-delirium-in-hospitalised-non-icu-patients-26967259

   … reduced the incidence of delirium compared to usual care (RR 0.69, 95% CI 0.59 to 0.81; seven studies; 1950 participants; moderate-quality evidence). In the subgroup of patients with pre-existing dementia, the effect of …

7. Protocol for a meta-review of interventions to prevent and manage ICU deliriumResearch summary

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   ICU delirium is also associated with increased mortality and dementia in the longer term. We will use the International Consensus Study (Del-COrS) core outcome set for research evaluating interventions to prevent or manage ICU …

8. Exercise therapy for the treatment of delirium in the intensive care unitResearch summary

   Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/exercise-therapy-for-the-treatment-of-delirium-in-the-intensive-care-40792601

   Outcomes of interest were duration of delirium, health-related quality of life, delirium severity, cognitive function, mortality in the ICU, ICU length of stay, hospital length of stay and adverse events. RISK OF BIAS: We used …

9. The consistent burden in published estimates of delirium occurrence in medical inpatients over four decades: a systematic review and meta-analysis studyResearch summary

   Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/the-consistent-burden-in-published-estimates-of-delirium-occurrence-32239173

   Introduction Delirium is associated with a wide range of adverse patient safety outcomes, yet it remains consistently under-diagnosed. We undertook a systematic review of studies describing delirium in adult medical patients in …

10. The importance of the presence of chosen family in preventing peri-operative deliriumResearch summary

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    … strategy for managing delirium is the active involvement of family and caregivers. Research consistently shows that the presence of familiar individuals provides emotional support and orientation, which can alleviate stress and …

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