Postoperative delirium may speed the rate of cognitive decline in older adults by 40%, a new study has found. Delirium is the most frequent postoperative complication in older adults, the researchers ...

Postoperative delirium in older adults was associated with 40% faster cognitive decline, data from a prospective cohort study showed. Among older adults who developed delirium after major elective ...

A new screening method could help identify older people at increased risk for delirium after surgery, a significant and even life-shortening complication in this population. Older adults face delirium ...

A new study has found that several commonly used drugs could significantly reduce the risk of delirium in older people ...

Biomarkers can be useful to improve understanding of pathophysiology of POD, develop new treatment for POD, predict possible long term effects of delirium, stratify high risk patients and allow ...

Older adults are twice as likely to experience delirium after hip and knee surgery if they are taking certain anxiety and antidepressant medications, a new study finds. The researchers recommend that ...

Holocaust survivors may be at reduced risk of developing post-operative delirium, Israeli research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and ...