The use of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) approach for hip fracture operations allows patients to return home faster and get back to normal activities sooner, according to new findings presented by researchers at the American College of Surgeons 2018 Quality and Safety Conference. Upon reviewing a site report from the American College of… Continue reading Hip Fracture Patients Recover From Operations Faster with Enhanced Recovery Care Program
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Common Antibiotics May Be Linked to Delirium
Antibiotics may be linked more than previously thought, to delirium, a serious disruption in brain function, as well as other brain problems. That is the finding of an article published in online in February 2016 in Neurology, a medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. A release from the academy explains that delirium causes… Continue reading Common Antibiotics May Be Linked to Delirium
Challenges of Delirium Detection in Older Adults in the Emergency Department
An estimated one to two million older adults with delirium visit hospital emergency departments in the United States annually. Yet about two-thirds of the cases of this sudden and potentially lethal change in mental status are unrecognized by emergency department clinicians who are under time pressure and almost always managing multiple patients at once. Half… Continue reading Challenges of Delirium Detection in Older Adults in the Emergency Department
Delirium in the ICU Linked to Fatal Outcomes
About one-third of patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) will develop delirium, a condition that lengthens hospital stays and substantially increases one’s risk of dying in the hospital, according to a study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers and published in June 2015 in the British Medical Journal. A release from Johns Hopkins… Continue reading Delirium in the ICU Linked to Fatal Outcomes