At UCSF Parnassus Campus, medical personnel go into work with a mission every day to prevent delirium - or hospital confusion ...

Macular thickness measured by optical coherence tomography could help identify older patients at a higher risk of delirium ...

When the macular layer of an older adult’s right eye retina becomes thicker, the person is more likely to experience postoperative delirium, a study shows. That was the case for older patients who ...

Thickening of the macular layer of the eye's retina is associated with a greater risk of postoperative delirium for older ...

Patients with postoperative delirium require longer hospital stays and are more likely to require support at home to help with daily tasks such as washing, dressing, and eating or be discharged ...

The eyes also might help detect seniors at risk for a common syndrome in which they emerge from surgery in a state of ...

Anesthesia does not cause dementia. However, some people do develop a complication called postoperative delirium.

Fraser Health launched the first iteration of the Advanced Analytics Platform for delirium care. Since then, this new ...

At UCSF Parnassus Campus, medical personnel go into work with a mission every day to prevent delirium - or hospital confusion ...

It took him days to shake off his symptoms. Patients with post-surgical delirium require longer hospital stays and are more likely to require support at home following their discharge, researchers ...

Seniors who have thicker retinas are about 60% more likely to develop post-surgical delirium, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal General Psychiatry. Adobe stock/HealthDay ...