Postoperative delirium in older adults- American Geriatrics Society abstracted clinical practice guideline Sumit9 Sept 2016 9:49 AM ISTPostoperative delirium is a common, life-threatening problem in older adults and is recognised most common postoperative complication in older age...
Mild Sedatives May Prevent Delirium After Operations, Says a Lancet Study supriya kashyap kashyap15 Oct 2016 4:38 PM ISTLondon : A mild sedative could greatly reduce the risk of people experiencing delirium after undergoing an operation, a new study has found.The study...
Program Helps Reduce Risk of Delirium, Hospital Length of Stay for Older Patients Undergoing Surgery Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 May 2017 9:13 AM ISTOlder patients who underwent major abdominal surgery and received an intervention that included nutritional assistance and early mobilization were...
Ketamine does not affect delirium or pain after surgery : LANCET study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh31 May 2017 1:48 PM ISTANN ARBOR, Mich. - Ketamine was first introduced into clinical practice by investigators at the University of Michigan in the mid-1960s as a general...
Ketamine fails to prevent post-operative delirium: Lancet Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 Jun 2017 1:17 PM IST To blunt postoperative pain and reduce the need for opioid drugs following surgery, anesthesiologists often give patients low doses of the drug...
Virtual psychiatrist is effective in diagnosing mental disorders Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli12 Jan 2018 7:25 PM ISTIndia has the severe shortage of psychiatrists, as a result of which mental illness in rural areas either remains undiagnosed or does not get proper...
Older adults who are frail twice likely to experience delirium postoperatively Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Feb 2018 7:10 PM ISTDr. Jennifer Watt and fellow researchers at St. Michael's Hospital according to the systematic review have found that older adults who are frail are...
Prophylactic Haloperidol use does not prevent delirium or improve survival rates in ICU patients Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 Feb 2018 7:20 PM ISTDr.Mark van den Boogaard from the Radboud university medical center and associates conducted a large-scale trial lasting three-year among 1,800...
Low-dose Nocturnal Dexmedetomidine Prevents ICU Delirium Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 March 2018 7:28 PM ISTDr.Yoanna Skrobik, a clinician-scientist at McGill University Health Centre in Canada conducted a Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial to identify a...
Continued Statin use may prevent delirium in critically ill patients Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 March 2018 7:20 PM ISTThere have been documented evidence of benefits of Statin use.The new in the list is its use in the prevention of delirium in patients in...
Atypical antipsychotics less harmful than Haloperidol for delirium in MI : BMJ Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli31 March 2018 7:30 PM ISTAt present no drugs have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of delirium and owing to inconclusive evidence on safety clinical guidelines for...
Nerve Blocks decrease opioid use & enhance recovery in musculoskeletal surgery Anjali Nimesh Nimesh3 April 2018 7:20 PM ISTDr. Li, who is the director of regional anaesthesia at Yale Medicine Center for Musculoskeletal Care and the Yale-New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael...
