Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Delirium"
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CHERISH (collaboration for hospitalised elders reducing the impact of stays in hospital): protocol for a multi-site improvement program to reduce geriatric syndromes in older inpatients
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background: Older inpatients are at risk of hospital-associated geriatric syndromes including delirium, functional decline, incontinence, falls and pressure injuries. These contribute to longer hospital stays, loss of ... -
Cholinergic Deficiency Hypothesis in Delirium: A Synthesis of Current Evidence
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2008)Deficits in cholinergic function have been postulated to cause delirium and cognitive decline. This review examines current understanding of the cholinergic deficiency hypothesis in delirium by synthesizing evidence on ... -
Concordance between DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria for delirium diagnosis in a pooled database of 768 prospectively evaluated patients using the delirium rating scale-revised-98
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual fifth edition (DSM-5) provides new criteria for delirium diagnosis. We examined delirium diagnosis using these new criteria compared with the Diagnostic and Statistical ... -
Design and methods of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), a multicomponent targeted intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients: efficacy and cost-effectiveness in Dutch health care
(Springer Nature, 2013)Background The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) has been shown to be highly efficient and (cost-)effective in reducing delirium incidence in the USA. HELP provides multicomponent protocols targeted at specific risk ... -
Developing and implementing an integrated delirium prevention system of care: a theory driven, participatory research study
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Delirium is a common complication for older people in hospital. Evidence suggests that delirium incidence in hospital may be reduced by about a third through a multi-component intervention targeted at known ... -
Independent Vascular and Cognitive Risk Factors for Postoperative Delirium
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Novel Risk Markers and Long-Term Outcomes of Delirium: The Successful Aging after Elective Surgery (SAGES) Study Design and Methods
(Elsevier BV, 2012)Objectives: Delirium, a costly, life-threatening, and potentially preventable condition, is a common complication for older adults following major surgery. Although the basic epidemiology of delirium after surgery has been ... -
PHYSIOLOGICAL BIOMARKERS FOR THE PREDICTION OF DELIRIUM
(2023-05-03)Delirium is a complex, serious neurocognitive syndrome characterized by an abrupt decline in attention, awareness, and cognition (1,2). Delirium can be triggered by various stressors, including illness or surgery/anesthesia ... -
Prevention of delirium (POD) for older people in hospital: study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Delirium is the most frequent complication among older people following hospitalisation. Delirium may be prevented in about one-third of patients using a multicomponent intervention. However, in the United ... -
The Successful Aging After Elective Surgery Study: Cohort Description and Data Quality Procedures
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)Background/Objectives Delirium is the most common complication of major elective surgery in older patients. The Successful Aging after Elective Surgery (SAGES) study was designed to examine novel risk factors and long-term ...