Emergence delirium—a confused state during recovery from anesthesia that may include disorientation, hallucination, restlessness and purposeless hyperactivity—does not affect a child's behavior three ...

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia shows that family members and caregivers can play a critical role in detecting delirium after surgery using a simple tool known as the ...

Older adults who avoid surgery because they fear general anesthesia will cause thinking declines need not worry, researchers report. A study of more than 1,000 patients who had heart surgery at four ...

Some hospitals are better at recognizing delirium in elderly post-op patients Nearly all patients treated at hospitals certified for geriatric surgery were screened for delirium Only half received ...

Hebrew SeniorLife Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia shows that family members and caregivers can play a critical role in ...

They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. The eyes also might help detect seniors at risk for a common syndrome in which they emerge from surgery in a state of delirium, new research suggests.

A new study finds that older people taking a drug used to treat anxiety and insomnia -- nitrazepam -- as well as those on antidepressants, are twice as likely to suffer postoperative delirium after ...

A new screening method could help identify older people at increased risk for delirium after surgery, a significant and even life-shortening complication in this population. Older adults face delirium ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 73-year-old husband was just hospitalized for an emergency appendectomy. Pre-surgery, he had a low-grade fever and some stomach tenderness -- symptoms that he thought was a ...

A team of University of Virginia scientists has identified why a common type of delirium that often affects older patients after surgery may lead to dementia, and they’ve proposed a new treatment. In ...

Post-Op Delirium Common In Seniors, But Not All Hospitals Screen For It By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, June 17, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Many seniors experience delirium after surgery, ...