A new mouse model of delirium has provided an important insight into the mechanisms underlying the condition, bringing together two theories as to its causes. A new mouse model of delirium developed ...

In her late 60s, your mom goes to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. Within hours, she’s confused and agitated, insisting she’s at home and not in a hospital bed. Medical professionals call ...

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 ...

A new mouse model of delirium developed by Wellcome Trust researchers has provided an important insight into the mechanisms underlying the condition, bringing together two theories as to its causes.

Delirium is a serious but often treatable condition that can happen suddenly to someone who is unwell. It’s much more common in older people, especially those with dementia. Delirium is a change in a ...

Antibiotic toxicity can represent an unrecognized cause of delirium in hospital patients, with manifestations observed in three distinct phenotypes, new research shows. "While toxicity from ...

Betsy Gullickson visited her mother in an intensive care ward in early 2006, just as her health was really beginning to decline, expecting to see her mom weak and in pain, tied to a bed by tubes and ...

Delirium is a state of mental confusion that has a variety of causes including illness, surgery or the use of some medications. Also called “acute confusional state,” delirium usually starts suddenly ...

One early morning in June, Kevin L. Ellis, 45, climbed inside a stranger’s car and refused to get out. Police officers arrived and pulled him through the door to the ground, then shocked him with a ...