ReviewAdvanced emergency nursing journal
Assessment and Management of Delirium in Older Adults in the Emergency Department: Literature Review to Inform Development of a Novel Clinical Protocol.
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- Exploring Current Emergency Medical Services Approaches to Manage Agitated Older Adult Patients: An Analysis of Statewide Protocols.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Studying the Role of Myenteric Amyloidosis in Gastrointestinal Dysmotility and Enteric Neural Dysfunction Using APP/PS1 Mice-Is It an Adequate Animal Model?Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025Article
- A nomogram for predicting delirium in the ICU among older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Contribution of the EEG in the Diagnostic Workup of Patients with Transient Neurological Deficit and Acute Confusional State at the Emergency Department: The EMINENCE Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effect of psychoeducational program and relaxation training on critical care nurses' stress regarding care of patients with delirium.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2024Article
- A Lethal Combination of Delirium and Overcrowding in the Emergency Department.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Altered Tryptophan-Kynurenine Pathway in Delirium: A Review of the Current Literature.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Cystocerebral Syndrome: An Updated Review and a New Proposed Mechanism for an Often Forgotten Cause of Delirium.Cureus · 2020Review
- Risk factors for delirium among older adults in the emergency department: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Managing Delirium and Agitation in the Older Emergency Department Patient: The ADEPT Tool.Annals of emergency medicine · 2020Review
- A Research Agenda for the Assessment and Management of Acute Behavioral Changes in Elderly Emergency Department Patients.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2019Review
- Unstructured clinical documentation reflecting cognitive and behavioral dysfunction: toward an EHR-based phenotype for cognitive impairment.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2018Article
- TIME to think about delirium: improving detection and management on the acute medical unit.BMJ open quality · 2018Article
- Diagnosing Urothelial Carcinoma from Delirium: A Near Miss.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
- A multidisciplinary consensus on dehydration: definitions, diagnostic methods and clinical implications.Annals of medicineArticle
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Abstract
Delirium occurs frequently in older patients in the emergency department (ED), is underrecognized, and has potentially serious consequences. Despite its seriousness, delirium is frequently missed by emergency providers, and patients with unrecognized delirium are often discharged from the ED. Even when it is appropriately recognized, managing delirium in older adults poses a significant challenge for ED providers. Geriatric delirium is typically caused by the interaction of multiple factors, including several that are commonly missed: pain, urinary retention, constipation, dehydration, and polypharmacy. Appropriate management includes nonpharmacological management with medication intervention reserved for emergencies. We have developed a new, comprehensive, evidence-based protocol for diagnosis/recognition, management, and disposition of geriatric delirium patients in the ED with a focus on identifying and treating commonly missed contributing causes.
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