In her late 60s, your mom goes to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. Within hours, she’s confused and agitated, insisting she’s at home and not in a hospital bed. Medical professionals call ...

Having to stay in a hospital or long-term care facility is stressful. Not only is a patient sick or injured, but they are in an unfamiliar environment away from their families and may not know the ...

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) voted to stop using the term "excited delirium" when referring to patients with hyperactive delirium, joining a host of other medical societies that ...

Delirium is a serious but often treatable condition that can happen suddenly to someone who is unwell. It’s much more common in older people, especially those with dementia. Delirium is a change in a ...

Delirium is when an individual experiences sudden confusion or change in mental status, oftentimes acting disoriented or distracted. Delirium and Alzheimer’s disease or dementia-related disorders have ...

(WDIV/NBC News) Doctors are starting to learn more about how COVID-19 can effect the brain, causing some patients to suffer from confusion or even delirium. In some cases the neurological symptoms ...

An older adult in hospital for an infection suddenly becomes fearful, irritable and doesn't recognise their lifelong spouse.

Delirium, associated with disrupted sleep, is common among older hospitalized adults. In addition to presenting immediate management issues, delirium can increase the long-term risk of dementia, ...

(CNN) — An emergency physicians group is disavowing "excited delirium," a controversial term that some police officers, clinicians, medical examiners and court experts have used to explain how an ...

There are conflicting data on the effects of antipsychotic medications on delirium in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we assigned ...

I recently heard a story about a patient's personality change because of cancer, and it reminded me of the hyperactive delirium I experienced. I was attending a recent meeting as a member of the ...