A new study has found older patients who experience delirium are three times more likely to develop dementia. Researchers from the University of Queensland also found that every episode of delirium increased the chance of developing dementia by 20 per ...
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Updated delirium care standard encourages the early recognition of people who are most at risk
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care launched the Delirium Clinical Care Standard (2021) at the 2021 Australasian Delirium Conference, aimed at preventing a condition which currently affects one in four medical patients. Delirium is defined as ...
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