Article: Delirium in hospitalized older patients with cancer.(ARTICLES)(Clinical report)

Article: Influence of prior cognitive impairment on the severity of ...
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... delirium symptoms among institutionalized older patients with delirium at the time of their admission to ... impairment could help nurses to detect delirium among older patients. ********** Delirium is common among older patients in ...

Article: US DEPT OF HHS: Program prevents delirium in hospitalized ...
M2 Presswire;  March 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Program prevents delirium in hospitalized older patients (C)1994-99 ... sudden episodes of delirium in at-risk older patients by using a new clinical ... Intervention to Prevent Delirium in Hospitalized Older Patients," "New England ...

Article: ICU Delirium Common in Older Patients.
Critical Care Alert;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...ICU Delirium Common in Older Patients Abstract & Commentary ... ICU, and 70% experienced delirium at some time during their ... teaching hospital shows that delirium is very common in older patients who require an ICU stay ...

Article: YALE: Yale School of Medicine "Elder life program" successful in ...
M2 Presswire;  March 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... shown successful in preventing delirium in hospitalized older patients (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS ... reduce six risk factors for delirium in hospitalized patients 70 ... prevent rather than treat delirium, which can be a major obstacle ...

Article: Research from Vanderbilt University provides new data about ...
Cancer Weekly;  January 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... had persistent delirium. Care for hospitalized older patients with cancer should ... of persistent delirium in hospitalized older patients with cancer is ... Cancer Nursing (Delirium Resolution in Hospitalized Older Patients With Cancer ...

Article: Delirium in older adults
Nursing BC;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... many of our older patients suddenly become ... identified is delirium, or acute confusion ... delirious, older patients have poorer ... the effect of delirium on the patient ... 1992). Delirium in older patients. Journal of ...

Article: Detection of delirium by nurses among long-term care ...
BMC Nursing;  February 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... It is now recognised that delirium in older patients is associated with numerous ... elderly patients who develop delirium include decline in their ... 9, 10]. Furthermore, older patients with delirium have been found to be at ...