title: Delirium in the acute care setting.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Memory Disorder Center, North Broward Medical Center, Pompano Beach, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hanley
mesh_terms: 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