Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms: News and Research on Delirium

MeSH tree: C23.888.592.604.339.500

What is delirium?

Delirium is a sudden decline in a person's usual mental function. It occurs when signals in the brain aren't sending and receiving properly, causing confusion in thinking and altered behavior or levels of consciousness.

Geriatric fracture program reduces length of hospital stay

Patients who were cared for within in the Geriatric Fracture Program at Cedars-Sinai were hospitalized for less time and at a lower cost than those whose physicians did not participate in the program, according to a study ...

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