Article: Delirium episodes during the course of clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease

Article: New delirium quality of care study findings have been reported by ...
Health & Medicine Week;  March 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... health by a four-level ordinal scale. Health care costs including intervention costs were calculated for 1 year after the delirium episode. Mean age of the patients was 83 years; 31% had prior dementia. After the index hospitalization for delirium, a greater ...

Article: Research from Erasmus University yields new data on delirium.
Biotech Week;  March 4, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... higher and the daytime number of Immobility minutes significantly lower for the patients without delirium or with short delirium episodes, as compared to patients with a sustained delirium (> 3 days)," wrote R.J. Osse and colleagues, Erasmus University ...

Article: Researchers at Regional Hospital Limerick release new data on ...
Cancer Weekly;  September 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... classification systems, and failure to use validated assessment tools lead to wide-ranging incidence and prevalence of delirium episodes in such populations. Episodes are usually multifactorial in origin and may portend poor prognosis by preceding death in ...

Article: Nursing basics fight delirium: Hospital realizes patient ...
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN);  August 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... falls and nursing home transfers, Inouye said, it is possible that some people suffer permanent cognitive decline after delirium episodes. While many hospitals are recognizing the potential benefit of a prevention program, they have competing priorities for ...

Article: Posttranslant delirium common in cancer patients.
Biotech Week;  January 1, 2003 ;     698 words ... ... stem cell transplantation. Cancer, 2002;95(2):1971-1981). "Half of patients who undergo HSCT experience a delirium episode during the 4 weeks posttransplantation," Fann and colleagues concluded. "Pretransplantation risk factors can assist ...

Article: Delirium rapidly accelerates memory decline in Alzheimer's ...
NewsRx Health;  May 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... also adversely impact the state of cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Because up to 40 percent of delirium episodes can be prevented, taking steps to avoid delirium could result in significant improvements." Keywords: Aging, Alzheimer ...

Article: YALE: Yale School of Medicine "Elder life program" successful in ...
M2 Presswire;  March 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... lower rates for the intervention group also were found in total delirium days (105 days vs. 161 days) and number of delirium episodes (62 vs. 90). "The intervention program was most effective in patients at intermediate risk for delirium," Inouye ...