ReviewAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias2011
Review: delirium in the elderly: a comprehensive review.
Review in American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors for Delirium in Older Adults.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias · 2016Pooled it
- Evaluating oxygen reserve index-guided oxygenation for the prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients: a randomized controlled trial.Croatian medical journal · 2025Trial
- Can an e-learning course improve nursing care for older people at risk of delirium: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial.BMC geriatrics · 2014Trial
- The effect of a complementary e-learning course on implementation of a quality improvement project regarding care for elderly patients: a stepped wedge trial.Implementation science : IS · 2012Trial
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- Do ward changes affect outcomes differently in people living with dementia?Age and ageing · 2026Observational
- Effects of inflammation and oxidative stress on postoperative delirium in cardiac surgery.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Everolimus-induced effector mechanism in macrophages and survivability of Erdman, CDC1551 and HN878 strains ofBiomolecular concepts · 2021Article
- Delirium-Related Knowledge, Caregiving Performance, Stress Levels, and Mental Health of Family Caregivers of Terminal Cancer Patients with Delirium in a Hospice Care Unit.Journal of hospice and palliative care · 2021Article
- Potentially inappropriate medication in older psychiatric patients.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2021Article
- Current use of anticholinergic medications in a large naturalistic sample of psychiatric patients.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2021Article
- Association of Carotid Plaque and Serum Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 (LP-PLA2) with Postoperative Delirium in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Hip Replacement: A Prospective Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020Article
- Delirium in heart failure.Heart failure reviews · 2020Review
- Postoperative Delirium after Urological Surgery: A Literature Review.Current urology · 2019Review
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- Incidence and risk factors of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing transurethral resection of prostate: a prospective cohort study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2016Article
- Incidence, risk factors, and phenomenological characteristics of postoperative delirium in patients receiving intravenous patient-controlled analgesia: a prospective cohort study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2016Article
- Room transfers and the risk of delirium incidence amongst hospitalized elderly medical patients: a case-control study.BMC geriatrics · 2015Article
- Melatonin and melatonin agonist for delirium in the elderly patients.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias · 2015Review
- The effect of an e-learning course on nursing staff's knowledge of delirium: a before-and-after study.BMC medical education · 2015Article
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Abstract
Delirium is a common neuropsychiatric syndrome in the elderly characterized by concurrent impairments in cognition and behaviors. The etiologies for delirium are often multifactorial and are due to underlying medical illnesses and/or due to medication effect. The diagnosis of delirium is often missed in elderly patients and this condition may be mislabeled as depression or dementia. Untreated, delirium can have devastating consequences in the elderly with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Available evidence indicates that early detection, reduction of risk factors, and better management of this condition can decrease its morbidity rates. In this review, we discuss the etiology, neurobiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatments for this potentially lethal condition in the elderly.
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