Delirium In The ICU May Pose Ongoing Risk Of Thinking Problems
11 years, 5 months ago

Delirium In The ICU May Pose Ongoing Risk Of Thinking Problems

NPR  

Delirium In The ICU May Pose Ongoing Risk Of Thinking Problems Enlarge this image toggle caption Cal EMA / Flickr Cal EMA / Flickr People admitted to a hospital's intensive care unit often suffer from delirium. Sponsor Message Three months after their stay, 40 percent of the patients who could be reached for followup testing had thinking problems similar to people with traumatic brain injury, and another 26 percent had thinking problems similar to people with mild Alzheimer's disease. The percentage of people with cognitive problems declined slightly, by 6 percent for those who had problems similar to traumatic brain injury and two percent for people with problems similar to mild Alzheimer's disease. "Some patients have persistent cognitive impairment; some have improved; and there are others who have not had impairments at three months and first start showing impairments at 12 months," says Dr. Pratik Pandharipende, an an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the lead author of the study.

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Severe COVID-19 can lead to delirium, US study finds
3 years, 5 months ago

Severe COVID-19 can lead to delirium, US study finds

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: A study of 150 patients hospitalised for COVID in the US at the beginning of the pandemic found that 73 per cent had delirium, a serious disturbance in mental state wherein a person is confused, agitated and unable to think clearly. The study, published in the journal BMJ Open, found that patients with delirium tended to be sicker, with …

Acute Mental Confusion Could Be the Early Symptom of Covid-19, Study Reveals
4 years, 4 months ago

Acute Mental Confusion Could Be the Early Symptom of Covid-19, Study Reveals

News 18  

New research adds to the growing body of evidence that delirium, a state of acute mental confusion, accompanied by a fever could be an early symptom of Covid-19. The review found that, although the first cases of pneumonia were reported in China focused on the damage it causes to the lungs and other organs, such as the kidneys and heart, …

Brain fog to delirium: One-third of hospitalised Covid-19 patients in study developed brain malfunction
4 years, 5 months ago

Brain fog to delirium: One-third of hospitalised Covid-19 patients in study developed brain malfunction

India Today  

Nearly one-third of Covid-19 patients in a US hospital system experienced some kind of altered mental function, a study published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology has found. “Patients suffering from altered mental function experienced the worst medical results," the study stated. After these Covid-19 patients were discharged, only 32% of the patients with altered mental function were able …

When the ventilator comes off, the delirium comes out for many coronavirus survivors
4 years, 11 months ago

When the ventilator comes off, the delirium comes out for many coronavirus survivors

CNN  

CNN — When health care workers finally removed the ventilator tube from Jesse Vanderhoof’s throat, he managed to eke out two weak words: “Call Emily.” Vanderhoof, a 40-year-old nurse with coronavirus, was emotional and full of relief on the ensuing call with his wife after more than a week on a ventilator in an Idaho hospital’s intensive care unit. “He …

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