2023 03 - 6 articles
Delirium is a serious acute neuropsychiatric syndrome, characterized by acute and fluctuating inattention, other cognitive deficits, and alterations in level of consciousness, that is independently associated with several adverse outcomes. Delirium i...
Critically ill patients frequently suffer from various acute organ dysfunctions. The most common clinical manifestation of central nervous system dysfunction defined as acute encephalopathy is delirium. Since delirium in intensive care unit (ICU) pat...
This article considers current contemporaneous practical issues of delirium care in nursing homes with reference to a hypothetical case study B.M. I introduce the diagnosis and management of delirium-superimposed-on-dementia (DSD), being relatively c...
The prevalence of delirium in emergency department (ED) ranges from 7 to 13%; however, delirium is often underdiagnosed in that setting. This report describes two different approaches to a hypothetical case report of an old man admitted to the ED aft...
The current clinical case concerns the mixed delirium in a 70-year-old man with hip fracture, following a fall at home. In his medical history, the patient reported several comorbidities, among which also sarcopenia. Delirium was already diagnosed by...
