Researchers evaluated the prevalence of delirium and associated factors among children with cancer admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit.

Delirium occurs often in patients with cancer, especially in advanced-stage disease, owing to acute precipitating factors such as infection or medication effects These precipitating factors are ...

Delirium is a sudden change in a person’s mental function. This can include their ways of thinking, behavior, or level of consciousness. Medical professionals do not yet fully understand delirium, but ...

Delirium is the most common neuropsychiatric complication seen in patients with cancer, and it is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Increased health care costs, prolonged hospital ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Delirium is a sudden decline in a person’s usual mental function. It occurs when signals in the brain aren’t sending and receiving properly, causing confusion in thinking and altered behaviour or ...

Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are treated with many interventions (most notably endotracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation) that are observed or perceived to be distressing.

Delirium is a sudden change in thinking that makes someone confused and disoriented. It is common among older adults in ...