Delirium causes sudden confusion and trouble thinking clearly. A person may have trouble paying attention, feel disoriented, or even see or hear things that aren’t really there (hallucinations).

The prevalence of delirium upon resident admission to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) fell after the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act was passed in 2014. Still, ...

Dementia can make a person much more likely to have delirium. Delirium can have many different causes. The key to getting better is to find the causes of delirium and then try to resolve them. If this ...

Delirium is a serious condition that causes confusion and disorientation. It can come on suddenly and may be triggered by ...

Delirium is a serious change in mental abilities. It results in confused thinking and a lack of awareness of someone’s ...

Our findings highlight important aspects of delirium resolution in a sample of hospitalized older patients with cancer. Thirteen of 43 patients (30%) had delirium resolution at discharge.

This article examines the symptoms, causes, and risk factors of alcohol ... This severe form of withdrawal is delirium tremens (DT), which individuals may also call alcohol-withdrawal delirium.

More research is necessary to understand how delirium develops ... it does not typically require treatment, unless it causes other clinical symptoms. The standard treatment for a UTI is ...

Follow-up: The presence of delirium as indicated by the algorithm, warrants prompt intervention to identify and treat underlying causes and provide supportive care. Vigilant efforts need to ...