Delirium |
Key Review Articles | top |
Inouye, S. K. (2006). Delirium in older persons. The New England journal of medicine, 354(11), 1157-1165
Joshi S, Morley JE. Cognitive impairment. Med Clin North Am. 2006;90( 5):769-787.
Lacasse H, Perreault MM, Williamson DR. Systematic review of antipsychotics for the treatment of hospital-associated delirium in medically or surgically ill patients. Ann Pharmacother. 2006;40( 11):1966-1973.
Rigney TS. Delirium in the hospitalized elder and recommendations for practice. GeriatrNurs. 2006;27( 3):151-157
Siddiqi, N., Stockdale, R., Britton, A. M., &Holmes, J. (2007). Interventions for preventing delirium in hospitalised patients. Cochrane Database ofSystematic Reviews, 2
Epidemiology | top |
Cigolle CT, Langa KM, Kabeto MU, Tian Z, Blaum CS. Geriatric conditions and disability: The health and retirement study. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147( 3):156-164
Continuously updated articles published from 01/01/2007 to the present date addressing the epidemiology of delirium. (PubMed Alerts)
Ouimet S, Kavanagh BP, Gottfried SB, Skrobik Y. Incidence, risk factors and consequences of ICU delirium. Intensive Care Med. 2007;33( 1):66-73
Pathophysiology | top |
Bhat R, Rockwood K. Delirium as a disorder of consciousness. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007;78( 11):1167-1170.
Inouye SK, Ferrucci L. Elucidating the pathophysiology of delirium and the interrelationship of delirium and dementia. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2006;61( 12):1277-1280.
Assessment and Management | top |
Arizona Reynolds Program of Applied Geriatrics: Physician Fact Sheet: Delirium in Elders.
Demeure MJ, Fain MJ. The elderly surgical patient and postoperative delirium. J Am Coll Surg.2006;203( 5):752-757.
Devlin JW, Fong JJ, Fraser GL, Riker RR. Delirium assessment in the critically ill. Intensive Care Med. 2007;33( 6):929-940.
Pisani MA, Araujo KL, Van Ness PH, Zhang Y, Ely EW, Inouye SK. A research algorithm to improve detection of delirium in the intensive care unit. Crit Care. 2006;10( 4):R121.
Pun BT, Ely EW. The importance of diagnosing and managing ICU delirium. Chest. 2007;132( 2):624-636.
Wei LA, Fearing MA, Sternberg EJ, Inouye SK. The Confusion Assessment Method: A Systematic Review of Current Usage .J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Apr 1; doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01674.x
Practice Guidelines | top |
Health Services and Models of Care | top |
Bergmann MA, Murphy KM, Kiely DK, Jones RN, Marcantonio ER. A model for management of delirious postacute care patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53( 10):1817-1825.
Cole CS, Williams EB, Williams RD, Assessment and discharge planning for hospitalized older adults with delirium. Medsurg Nurs. 2006;15( 2):71-76.
Inouye SK, Bogardus ST,Jr,Charpentier PA, et al. A multicomponent intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients.N Engl J Med. 1999;340( 9):669-676
Vollmer C, Rich C, Robinson S.How to prevent delirium: A practical protocol. Nursing. 2007;37( 8):26-28
PubMed AlertsContinuously updated PubMed searches on the following Delirium subtopics: | top |
Interdisciplinary Issues | top |
Britton A, Russell R. Multidisciplinary team interventions for delirium in patients with chronic cognitive impairment.Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(2)( 2):CD000395.
Duppils GS, Wikblad K.Patients' experiences of being delirious. J Clin Nurs. 2007;16( 5):810-818.
Ganai S, Lee KF, Merrill A, et al. Adverse outcomes of geriatric patients undergoing abdominal surgery who are at high risk for delirium. Arch Surg. 2007;142( 11):1072-1078.
Lundström M, Edlund A, Karlsson S, Brännström B, BuchtG,Gustafson Y. A multifactorial intervention program reduces the duration of delirium, length of hospitalization, and mortality in delirious patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53(4):622-628.
Milisen K, Lemiengre J, Braes T, Foreman MD.Multi component intervention strategies for managing delirium in hospitalized older people:Systematic review. JAN Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2005;52(1):79-90.
