Delirium- February 2011

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OUTREACH LIBRARIAN SERVICE

February 2011 - EVIDENCE UPDATE:

DELIRIUM

This fact sheet provides an overview of recent evidence relevant to Delirium in hospitals and information

on how the “Outreach Librarian Service” can support you to keep up-to-date.

Selected evidence

Adamis D, Treloar A, Gregson N, Macdonald AJ, Martin FC (2010)

Delirium and the functional recovery of older medical inpatients after acute illness: The significance of

biological factors.

Archives Gerontological Geriatrrics 2010 May 12.

Ahmed NN, Pearce SE (2010)

Acute care for the elderly: a literature review.

Population Health Management 2010 Aug; 13(4):219-25.

Al-Aama T, Brymer C, Gutmanis I, Woolmore-Goodwin SM, Esbaugh J, Dasgupta M (2010)

Melatonin decreases delirium in elderly patients: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

International Geriatric Psychiatry 2010, Sep 15

Briel D (2010)

Delirium or behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in the elderly patient: diagnosis and

treatment.

Praxis (Bern1994) 2010 Sep 8; 99 (18): 1079-88

Clegg A, Young JB (2010)

Under-reporting of delirium in the NHS

Age & Ageing 2010, Dec 16

Deiner S, Silverstein JH (2009)

Postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction.

Br J Anaesth 2009 Dec.:i41-46.

Forrant, J.A. (2009)

Dementia or delirium: Do you know the difference?

Nursing Critical Care Vol. 4(2)2009 pp24-31

Koebrugge B, van Wensen RJ, Bosscha K, Dautzenberg PL, Koning OH (2010)

Delirium after Emergency/Elective Open and Endovascular Aortoiliac Surgery at a Surgical Ward with a

High-standard Delirium Care Protocol.

Vascular 2010 Sep-Oct; 18(5):279-87.

Mukadam N, Sampson EL (2011)

A systematic review of the prevalence, associations and outcomes of dementia in older general hospital

inpatients.

International Psychogeriatrics/IPA 2011, 23(3): 344-55

Oldenbeuving AW, de Kort PL, Jansen, BP, et al.(2011)

Delirium in the acute phase after stroke: Incidence, risk factors, and outcome.

Neurology 2011, Feb 9

Pitkala , K . H, Laurila JV, Strandberg T E, Kautiainen H, Sintonen, H, Tilvis RS, (2008)

Multicomponent Geriatric Intervention for Elderly Inpatients With Delirium : Effects on Costs and Health -

Related Quality of Life

Journals of Gerontology: Series A , 2008: Vol. 63 Part 1

Reade, M.C., O'Sullivan, K., Bates, S., Goldsmith, D., StJ Ainslie, W.R., Bellomo, R (2009)

Dexmedetomidine vs haloperidol in delirious, agitated, intubated patients: a randomised open-label trial.

Critical Care 2009 13:R75

Scheffer AC, van Munster BC, Schuurmans MJ, de Rooij SE (2010)

Assessing severity of delirium by the delirium observation screening scale.

International Journal Geriatric Psychiatry 2010 Jul 21

Sieber FE (2009)

Postoperative delirium in the elderly surgical patient. [Case Reports, Journal Article, Review]

Anesthesiology Clinics 2009 Sep; 27(3):451-64,

Twedell D, Aguirre E (2010)

Delirium and hospitalized older adults: a review of nonpharmacologic treatment.

Journal of Continuing Education Nursing 2010 Apr; 41(4):151-2.

Van Rompaey, B., Elseviers, M.M., Schuurmans, M.J., Shortridge-Baggett, L.M., Truijen, S., Bossaert, L.

Risk factors for delirium in intensive care patients: a prospective cohort study.

http://ccforum.com/content/13/3/R77

Vázquez FJ, Benchimol J, Giunta D, Cafferata C, Freixas A, Vallone M, Andresik D, Pollan J, Aprile A,

Lorenzo J, Waisman G, Camera L (2010)

Delirium in elderly inpatients. An 18 month follow-up]

Medicina (B Aires) 2010; 70(1):8-14.

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