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… personnel, patients and their families. The primary outcome is delirium (Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit tool),…

…Objectives Polypharmacy can increase symptom burden and reduce quality of life in palli…

…ghlights that, despite its prevalence and serious consequences, delirium remains under-recognised and poorly managed.1 One reason we con…

…Commentary on: Huang C, et al. Delirium in psychiatric settings: risk factors and assessment tools in p…

…Introduction Postoperative neurocognitive disorders, including delirium and longer-term cognitive decline, are amon…

…and care as well as provide comfort but can carry risks such as delirium and prolonged mechanical ventilation. Although current guidelin…

…Background Postoperative sleep disturbance (PSD) is a common complication following laparoscopic cholecystectomy…

…ndex, with higher scores previously associated with more severe delirium in older adults. We prospectively measured BSEEG scores in 21 p…

…ribing; (2) core procedural skills; (3) immersive management of sepsis, the deteriorating patient, haemorrhage, and delirium; (4) comm…

…dary outcomes include ICU-acquired depression, the incidence of delirium, the mean duration of mechanical ventilation and the average le…

…Jen Higgs describes her experience of delirium and how healthcare professionals can advocate for patients unab…

…jectives Geriatric patients are at increased risk of developing postoperative neurocognitive disorders, including delirium. Existing evidence-based perioperative inte…