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By Derek S. Mongold, MD
My father is in the hospital and they say that he has delirium. What exactly is delirium?
Delirium is a state of severe confusion that is usually brought on by a medical... 
About a third of patients over age 70 experience hospital delirium, and the consequences... who experience delirium are also more likely to develop dementia later on, and more likely to die sooner... 
Statins Help Prevent Delirium After Heart Surgery
06 jan 2009-- Elderly patients who take cholesterol-lowering statins before cardiac surgery may lower their chances of having postoperative delirium...
Delirium in hospitalized adults: Situation critical, no relief available
INDIANAPOLIS, 08 july 2009 – Every year as many as seven million adults in the United States experience delirium...
Delirium Presentation Predicts Mortality
19 july 2009--The way certain patients present in the post-acute hospital setting with delirium, a common, preventable but life-threatening acute confusional...
Delirium in older patients associated with greater risk of death, dementia and institutionalization
30 JULY 2010--A review and analysis of previous research indicates that delirium in elderly... 
One of the 13 Common Geriatric Problems screened by MediSort
Delirium - Delirium... drugs may determine development of delirium rather than any single agent.
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Delirium increases risk of developing new dementia eight-fold in older patients
Older people who have experienced episodes of delirium are significantly more likely to develop dementia, according to new research...
from what they called "autism induced excited delirium syndrome" resulting in cardiac arrests. As the article indicates... theory was advanced by coroners. Recenlty excited delirium syndrom was cited by an official pathologist...
Delirium May Accelerate Decline in Alzheimer's Disease
Cognitive function declines faster after an episode of delirium
06 may 2009-- Patients with Alzheimer's disease have a greater acceleration... 
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