Delirium in the acute care setting.
Older adults are at particular risk for developing delirium, which is often not recognized by health care providers in the acute care setting. Early recog nition with a standardized assessment process provides early treatment. Multifactorial approaches that can be utilized when treating the patient with delirium are described.
Hanley
Cathy
C
Memory Disorder Center, North Broward Medical Center, Pompano Beach, FL, USA.
D000368:Aged; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods