Delirium in Older Persons: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment

IMPORTANCE: Delirium is defined as an acute disorder of attention and cognition. It is a common, serious, and often fatal condition among older patients. Although often underrecognized, delirium has serious adverse effects on the individual’s function and quality of life, as well as broad societal e...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2017-09, Vol.318 (12), p.1161-1174
Main Authors: Oh, Esther S, Fong, Tamara G, Hshieh, Tammy T, Inouye, Sharon K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Aged
Antipsychotic Agents - adverse effects
Antipsychotics
Biomarkers
Clinical trials
Cognition
Confusion
Dehydration
Delirium
Delirium - diagnosis
Delirium - prevention & control
Delirium - therapy
Diagnosis
Disease prevention
Electroencephalography
Emergence Delirium - prevention & control
Geriatric Assessment
Geriatrics
Health care
Health services
Hearing loss
Humans
Medical diagnosis
Medical research
Medical treatment
Mental disorders
Older people
Pharmacology
Population studies
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Quality of life
Risk assessment
Risk factors
Severity of Illness Index
Sleep
Sleep deprivation
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