The antipsychotic drug haloperidol was no more effective than saline solution at safeguarding critically ill patients from delirium in a randomized clinical trial. Patients in both trial groups ...

Neither first- nor second-generation antipsychotics show a clear benefit over placebo for preventing or treating delirium in hospitalized adults, and their routine use should be discontinued, ...

Delirium affects many hospitalized older Australians, and while it can have many complications, treatments are limited. However, researchers have identified intranasal insulin as a potential new ...

Treatment with a combination of haloperidol and lorazepam reduced symptoms of agitated delirium, a common end-of-life condition for patients with advanced cancers, compared with haloperidol alone, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Because there are no walls in the Delirium Room, a highly trained certified nursing assistant or registered nurse can constantly monitor their conditions, picking up on potential problems early to ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) model improved outcomes in hospitalized patients by quadrupling the rate of detection and treatment of delirium. The model identifies patients at high risk for delirium ...

Researchers have found that blocking the action of a protein called interleukin 6 (IL-6), part of the immune system, could resolve the delirium that often accompanies urinary tract infection (UTI) in ...