Estrogen may offer protection against delirium
Delirium is common among women with urinary tract infections (UTIs)—especially those who have experienced menopause. Investigators from Cedars-Sinai, working with ...
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Aging | The potential benefit of metformin to reduce delirium risk and mortality: a retrospective cohort study
“In this report, we showed the potential benefit of metformin in decreasing the risk of delirium and mortality in DM ...
Researchers from the Marcus Institute for Aging Research and University of Michigan receive more than $13 million in funding to study the prevention of delirium in older adults
For older adults, a hospital admission or major surgery includes risk of developing delirium — a complication not only marked ...
PCORI approves $96 million for research on mental health, delirium, adolescent alcohol use among other conditions
WASHINGTON, DC – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $96 million to support 18 new ...
Preschool children who experience ‘emergence delirium’ post-surgery do not have long-term effects
New Orleans — Emergence delirium — a confused state during recovery from anesthesia that may include disorientation, hallucination, restlessness and ...
New study reveals possible brain mechanisms behind COVID-19 delirium
Researchers from King’s College London have shown that when brain cells are directly exposed to blood taken from COVID-19 patients ...
Treble clef treatment: Music to counter delirium in mechanically ventilated older adults in the ICU
INDIANAPOLIS – Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic researcher-clinicians are conducting a multi-site study to establish ...
Research team awarded more than $10 million to improve cognitive recovery of post-operative delirium survivors
An interdisciplinary team from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of ...
Holocaust survivors may have a lower risk of post-operative delirium, Israeli study finds
*Note this work is being presented at the Euroanaesthesia Congress in Milan, 4-6 June. Please credit the congress when using ...
Researchers develop scoring tool to measure severity of delirium
BOSTON – Delirium is a serious change in brain function that affects up to 64 percent of older medical patients and ...
Anxiety drugs and antidepressants trigger post-surgery delirium
Older people taking a drug used to treat anxiety and insomnia – nitrazepam – as well as those on antidepressants, ...