Search results for "Delirium"
June 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/
Haloperidol doesn't decrease delirium duration in critically ill
Though it's safe and can help with acute agitation, haloperidol doesn't reduce the overall duration of delirium in critically ill patients, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/28/4.htm
28 Aug 2013
June 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/
Dexmedetomidine sped extubation of ventilated patients with agitation and delirium
The placebo-controlled trial included 74 adult patients from 15 ICUs in Australia and New Zealand who did not have advanced dementia or traumatic brain injury.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/20/2.htm
20 Apr 2016
November 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Oral low-dose steroids for COPD exacerbations, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/jw.htm
15 Jan 2011
Dexmedetomidine associated with improved outcomes after cardiac surgery
Patients who receive dexmedetomidine after cardiac surgery may have lower postoperative rates of mortality as well as complications, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/27/3.htm
27 Mar 2013
September 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/
Longer visiting hours in ICU associated with less patient delirium
The effect was greatest in older patients, surgical patients, those with more severe illness, and patients who did not have psychiatric disorders or require parenteral sedation or mechanical ventilation, according to the single-center study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/12/1.htm
12 Jul 2017
September 28, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/