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LearningRx reviews study on hospital-induced delirium and dementia...

Apr 27, 2017 by

Hospital-induced delirium may speed up cognitive decline and dementia New research indicates that delirium may have long-lasting effects on patients, including accelerating dementia....

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Long-term cognitive impairment common after critical illness

Nov 9, 2013 by

In a recent study, 74 percent of the adult patients students developed delirium while in ICU – and it lasted up to a year after discharge....

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Connection between demenia, delirium and declining health discovered...

Oct 17, 2013 by

A new study has found that patients who developed delirium while in the hospital had a 25 percent chance of dying within 30 days. Delirium is a reversible cognitive condition that appears similar to dementia....

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