Delirium, or sudden severe confusion due to rapid changes in brain function that can occur with physical or mental illness, affects 15 percent - 53 percent of older surgical patients. New research may ...

Low blood pressure during surgery puts patients at higher risk for postoperative delirium, according to a large study being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2021 annual meeting. While previous small ...

SAN DIEGO – Patients who experience low blood pressure during surgery are at increased risk for postoperative delirium, according to a large study being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY ® 2021 annual ...

Human herpesvirus 6B (HHV-6B) frequently reactivates after cord blood transplantation (CBT). We previously reported an association between HHV-6B reactivation and delirium after hematopoietic cell ...

People have the right to be involved in discussions and make informed decisions about their care, as described in NICE's information on making decisions about your care. Making decisions using NICE ...

For decades, the term "excited delirium" has been erroneously used as a catch-all medical diagnosis for people who have died in police custody, despite having no legitimate scientific roots, a new ...

The “diagnosis” of excited delirium, a term often used to justify and defend police brutality, disproportionately against Black people, has circulated in the medical canon for more than 25 years. It ...

Prefer this information in print? Order 'Urinary tract infections (UTIs) and dementia' by post for free or view the PDF to download a copy. Delirium is a change in someone’s mental state and usually ...

Bella Quinto-Collins was celebrating her 21st birthday with her family on Sunday when she got the news they'd all been waiting for: California had just become the first state to ban “excited delirium” ...

SACRAMENTO — California is the first state to ban doctors and medical examiners from attributing deaths to the controversial diagnosis known as “excited delirium,” which a human-rights activist hailed ...

People have the right to be involved in discussions and make informed decisions about their care, as described in NICE's information on making decisions about your care. Making decisions using NICE ...