Prioritizing nonpharmacologic strategies, enhancing staff training, and distinguishing Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD) are vital to improving outcomes for hospitalized patients with Alzheimer ...
Delirium is a type of confusion that develops suddenly—over the course of hours or days—and most commonly affects older adults who are hospitalized or in a long-term care facility. “We refer to ...
The "ADEPT" tool for delirium and agitation provides care guidelines for emergency department clinicians. A recently developed tool for managing delirium and agitation in emergency room patients over ...
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 4: Staff nurse Judith Marini checks an elderly man's IV in the emergency room at Coney Island Hospital October 4, 2002. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) I recently visited a ...