Delirium in Older Persons

2017876 citationsReview

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Tamara G. Fong · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Sharon K. Inouye · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Advances in diagnosis can improve recognition and risk stratification of delirium. Prevention of delirium using nonpharmacologic approaches is documented to be effective, while pharmacologic prevention and treatment of delirium remains controversial.

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Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research

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Published in: JAMA

Volume 318, Issue 12, pp. 1161-1161

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.12067

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