As many as 4 in 5 ICU patients on mechanical ventilation develop delirium, or sudden confusion, panic, upset and anger. But ...

Receiving care in the intensive care unit is a physically and mentally taxing experience, particularly for patients who develop delirium, a psychotic reaction or intense confusion, and the usual ...

ICU delirium can be associated with a multitude of factors including underlying and acute medical conditions, pharmacologic agents or treatment regimens like surgery. Currently there is no definitive ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire)— At one time another, almost all ICUs across the country have been packed to capacity in the past year. Many patients suffering from severe COVID-19, while others ...

Any ICU is a highly specialized environment designed to provide critical care for patients facing life-threatening illnesses or injuries. While primary focus within the ICU is typically physiologic ...

ATS 2025, San Francisco – Delirium is common in the ICU, and guidelines call for daily screening. Now a new study published at the ATS 2025 International Conference suggests that standard screening ...

Four years ago, Richard Cheatum watched his 64-year-old wife lose her grip on reality inside a Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center intensive care unit. Belinda Cheatum had suffered from Crohn’s disease, ...

If you are starting to notice cognitive changes in your parents or aging loved ones, you might want to educate yourself on the differences between delirium and dementia. As our county ages, a paradigm ...

Paul Henderson can’t remember the journey to Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital on March 24, 2020, but he knows that he arrived at two in the afternoon and nine hours later he was on a life support ...

Two weeks after her son Brian was born, in December 2006, Angela Johnson ended up in the emergency room with pneumonia. After a lung was punctured during a draining procedure, she was moved to the ...

(Boston)—Delirium is characterized by an acute change in cognition, accompanied by either altered consciousness or disorganized thinking. The condition is common in the post-surgical intensive care ...