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In [[medicine]], '''delirium''' is a "disorder characterized by [[confusion]]; inattentiveness; disorientation; illusions; [[hallucination]]s; agitation; and in some instances [[autonomic nervous system]] overactivity )."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
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In [[medicine]], '''delirium''' is a "disorder characterized by [[confusion]]; inattentiveness; disorientation; illusions; [[hallucination]]s; agitation; and in some instances [[autonomic nervous system]] overactivity )."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1001/jama.2008.885
| volume = 300
| issue = 24
| pages = 2898-2910
| last = Breitbart
| first = William
| coauthors = Yesne Alici
| title = Agitation and Delirium at the End of Life: "We Couldn't Manage Him"
| journal = JAMA
| accessdate = 2009-01-07
| date = 2008-12-24
| url = http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/300/24/2898
}}</ref>


According to the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]], delirium is "reduced ability to think or concentrate, restlessness, anxiety, irritability,  drowsiness, hypersensitivity to stimuli, nightmares."<ref name="pmid12757560">{{cite journal |author=Cole M, McCusker J, Dendukuri N, Han L |title=The prognostic significance of subsyndromal delirium in elderly medical inpatients |journal=J Am Geriatr Soc |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=754–60 |year=2003 |month=June |pmid=12757560 |doi= |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0002-8614&date=2003&volume=51&issue=6&spage=754 |issn=}}</ref>
According to the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]], delirium is "reduced ability to think or concentrate, restlessness, anxiety, irritability,  drowsiness, hypersensitivity to stimuli, nightmares."<ref name="pmid12757560">{{cite journal |author=Cole M, McCusker J, Dendukuri N, Han L |title=The prognostic significance of subsyndromal delirium in elderly medical inpatients |journal=J Am Geriatr Soc |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=754–60 |year=2003 |month=June |pmid=12757560 |doi= |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0002-8614&date=2003&volume=51&issue=6&spage=754 |issn=}}</ref>


==Subsyndromal delirium ==
==Etiology / cause==
Dysglycemia may contribute to delirium.<ref name="pmid20032274">{{cite journal| author=Duning T, van den Heuvel I, Dickmann A, Volkert T, Wempe C, Reinholz J et al.| title=Hypoglycemia aggravates critical illness-induced neurocognitive dysfunction. | journal=Diabetes Care | year= 2010 | volume= 33 | issue= 3 | pages= 639-44 | pmid=20032274
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20032274 | doi=10.2337/dc09-1740 | pmc=PMC2827523 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref>
 
==Diagnosis==
This topic has been reviewed.<ref name="pmid20716741">{{cite journal| author=Wong CL, Holroyd-Leduc J, Simel DL, Straus SE| title=Does this patient have delirium?: value of bedside instruments. | journal=JAMA | year= 2010 | volume= 304 | issue= 7 | pages= 779-86 | pmid=20716741 | doi=10.1001/jama.2010.1182 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20716741  }}  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21320927 Review in: Ann Intern Med. 2011 Feb 15;154(4):JC2-12]  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21266601 Review in: Evid Based Ment Health. 2011 Feb;14(1):4] </ref><ref name="pmid20808094">{{cite journal| author=Mitchell AJ, Malladi S| title=Screening and case-finding tools for the detection of dementia. Part II: evidence-based meta-analysis of single-domain tests. | journal=Am J Geriatr Psychiatry | year= 2010 | volume= 18 | issue= 9 | pages= 783-800 | pmid=20808094 | doi=10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181cdecd6 | pmc= | url= }} </ref>
 
Among hospitalized [[geriatrics|geriatric]] patients, "failure to identify either year or month correctly was 95% sensitive and  86.5% specific for the detection of cognitive impairment".<ref name="pmid20852313">{{cite journal|  author=O'Keeffe E, Mukhtar O, O'Keeffe ST| title=Orientation to time as  a guide to the presence and severity of cognitive impairment in older  hospital patients. | journal=J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry | year= 2011 |  volume= 82 | issue= 5 | pages= 500-4 | pmid=20852313 |  doi=10.1136/jnnp.2010.214817 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20852313  }} </ref>
 
Specific disorders such as [[substance withdrawal syndrome]], intoxication, [[Wernicke encephalopathy]], and [[osmotic demyelination syndrome]] (central pontine myelinolysis) should be excluded.
 
===Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)===
The  confusion assessment method (CAM), which is an algorithm with four criteria based on the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]] can help diagnose when the first two criteria are present and either the third or fourth criteria is present:<ref name="pmid2240918">{{cite journal |author=Inouye SK, van Dyck CH, Alessi CA, Balkin S, Siegal AP, Horwitz RI |title=Clarifying confusion: the confusion assessment method. A new method for detection of delirium |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=113 |issue=12 |pages=941–8 |year=1990 |month=December |pmid=2240918 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid20716741"/>
# acute onset and fluctuating course
# inattention
# disorganized thinking
# altered level of consciousness
 
In the CAM-S, items 2-3 are rated as 0 (absent), 1 (mild), or 2 (marked). For the first item, acute onset and fluctuation was rated 0 (absent) or 1 (present).<ref name="pmid24733193">{{cite journal| author=Inouye SK, Kosar CM, Tommet D, Schmitt EM, Puelle MR, Saczynski JS et al.| title=The CAM-S: development and validation of a new scoring system for delirium severity in 2 cohorts. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2014 | volume= 160 | issue= 8 | pages= 526-33 | pmid=24733193 | doi=10.7326/M13-1927 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24733193  }} </ref> In this study, no cut off score reliably diagnosed delirium, but a score of less than 2 was rarely associated with delirium that was independently diagnosed.
 
===Mini-mental state examination (MMSE)===
The Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) can also help and can be found in the appendix of its original publication.<ref name="pmid1202204">{{cite journal |author=Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR |title="Mini-mental state". A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician |journal=Journal of psychiatric research |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=189-98 |year=1975 |pmid=1202204 |doi=10.1016/0022-3956(75)90026-6}}</ref>
 
Components of the MMSE have been studied:
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|+ caption
! Component!! Sensitivity!! Specificity
|-
| Three item recall<ref name="pmid14511167">{{cite journal| author=Borson S, Scanlan JM, Chen P, Ganguli M| title=The Mini-Cog as a screen for dementia: validation in a population-based sample. | journal=J Am Geriatr Soc | year= 2003 | volume= 51 | issue= 10 | pages= 1451-4 | pmid=14511167 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14511167  }}  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15107334 Review in: Evid Based Ment Health. 2004 May;7(2):38] </ref>|| 54%|| 96%
|-
| Disorientation to year<ref name="pmid20852313">{{cite journal|  author=O'Keeffe E, Mukhtar O, O'Keeffe ST| title=Orientation to time as  a guide to the presence and severity of cognitive impairment in older  hospital patients. | journal=J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry | year= 2011 |  volume= 82 | issue= 5 | pages= 500-4 | pmid=20852313 |  doi=10.1136/jnnp.2010.214817 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20852313  }} </ref>|| 86%|| 94%
|-
| Counting backwards|| cell|| cell
|}
 
===Six item screener (SIS)===
The examiner first asks the patient to remember three items: GRASS PAPER SHOE. The examiner can repeat the words 3 times as needed to help the patient.<ref name="pmid20855129">{{cite journal| author=Carpenter CR, Despain B, Keeling TN, Shah M, Rothenberger M| title=The Six-Item Screener and AD8 for the Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Geriatric Emergency Department Patients. | journal=Ann Emerg Med | year= 2011 | volume= 57 | issue= 6 | pages= 653-61 | pmid=20855129 | doi=10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.560 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20855129  }} </ref>
 
Orientation to time
* Year
* Month
* Day of the week
 
Recall of three items (one point each)
* Sensitivity 74%
* Specificity 77%
 
===Subsyndromal delirium===
Subsyndromal delirium may cause morbidity among hospitalized individuals.<ref name="pmid12757560">{{cite journal |author=Cole M, McCusker J, Dendukuri N, Han L |title=The prognostic significance of subsyndromal delirium in elderly medical inpatients |journal=J Am Geriatr Soc |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=754–60 |year=2003 |month=June |pmid=12757560 |doi= |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0002-8614&date=2003&volume=51&issue=6&spage=754 |issn=}}</ref>
Subsyndromal delirium may cause morbidity among hospitalized individuals.<ref name="pmid12757560">{{cite journal |author=Cole M, McCusker J, Dendukuri N, Han L |title=The prognostic significance of subsyndromal delirium in elderly medical inpatients |journal=J Am Geriatr Soc |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=754–60 |year=2003 |month=June |pmid=12757560 |doi= |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0002-8614&date=2003&volume=51&issue=6&spage=754 |issn=}}</ref>


==Treatment==
==Treatment==
[[Antipsychotic agent]]s can improve deliriuim.<ref name="pmid17443602">{{cite journal |author=Lonergan E, Britton AM, Luxenberg J, Wyller T |title=Antipsychotics for delirium |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=2 |pages=CD005594 |year=2007 |pmid=17443602 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2 |issn=}}</ref>
For patients who have [[agitation]], [[randomized controlled trial]]s have found that:
* [[antipsychotic agent]]s may not add to supportive care, individualized treatment of delirium precipitants and [[midazolam]]<ref name="pmid27918778">{{cite journal| author=Agar MR, Lawlor PG, Quinn S, Draper B, Caplan GA, Rowett D et al.| title=Efficacy of Oral Risperidone, Haloperidol, or Placebo for Symptoms of Delirium Among Patients in Palliative Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial. | journal=JAMA Intern Med | year= 2016 | volume=  | issue=  | pages=  | pmid=27918778 | doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7491 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27918778  }} </ref>
* [[midazolam]] combined with [[droperidol]] may be better than [[droperidol]] or [[olanzapine]] alone.<ref name="pmid27745766">{{cite journal| author=Taylor DM, Yap CY, Knott JC, Taylor SE, Phillips GA, Karro J et al.| title=Midazolam-Droperidol, Droperidol, or Olanzapine for Acute Agitation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. | journal=Ann Emerg Med | year= 2016 | volume=  | issue=  | pages=  | pmid=27745766 | doi=10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.07.033 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27745766  }} </ref>
 
[[Antipsychotic agent]]s, such as [[haloperidol]] less than 3.0 mg per day, can improve delirium according to a [[systematic review]] by the [[Cochrane Collaboration]].<ref name="pmid17443602">{{cite journal |author=Lonergan E, Britton AM, Luxenberg J, Wyller T |title=Antipsychotics for delirium |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=2 |pages=CD005594 |year=2007 |pmid=17443602 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2 |issn=}}</ref> Haloperiderol may be best.<ref name="pmid19424763">{{cite journal| author=Campbell N, Boustani MA, Ayub A, Fox GC, Munger SL, Ott C et al.| title=Pharmacological management of delirium in hospitalized adults--a systematic evidence review. | journal=J Gen Intern Med | year= 2009 | volume= 24 | issue= 7 | pages= 848-53 | pmid=19424763 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19424763 | doi=10.1007/s11606-009-0996-7 | pmc=PMC2695535 }}</ref>
 
[[Cholinesterase inhibitor]]s like [[donepezil]] do not clearly help, but they have not been well studied.<ref name="pmid18254077">{{cite journal |author=Overshott R, Karim S, Burns A |title=Cholinesterase inhibitors for delirium |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=1 |pages=CD005317 |year=2008 |pmid=18254077 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005317.pub2 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005317.pub2 |issn=}}</ref>
 
[[Benzodiazepine]]s may worsen delirium<ref name="pmid8561204">{{cite journal |author=Breitbart W, Marotta R, Platt MM, ''et al'' |title=A double-blind trial of haloperidol, chlorpromazine, and lorazepam in the treatment of delirium in hospitalized AIDS patients |journal=Am J Psychiatry |volume=153 |issue=2 |pages=231–7 |year=1996 |month=February |pmid=8561204 |doi= |url=http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8561204 |issn=}}</ref> and no evidence supports their use.<ref name="pmid19160280">{{cite journal |author=Lonergan E, Luxenberg J, Areosa Sastre A, Wyller TB |title=Benzodiazepines for delirium |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=1 |pages=CD006379 |year=2009 |pmid=19160280 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD006379.pub2 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006379.pub2 |issn=}}</ref>
 
==Prevention==
Clinical practice guidelines by [[National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence]] direct prevention.<ref name="pmid21646557">{{cite journal| author=O'Mahony R, Murthy L, Akunne A, Young J, for the Guideline Development Group| title=Synopsis of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Guideline for Prevention of Delirium. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2011 | volume= 154 | issue= 11 | pages= 746-751 | pmid=21646557 | doi=10.1059/0003-4819-154-11-201106070-00006 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21646557  }} </ref>
 
===Who is at risk?===
The strongest risk factors for developing delirium are impaired [[cognition]] and [[psychotropic drug]] use.<ref name="pmid17038078">{{cite journal |author=Dasgupta M, Dumbrell AC |title=Preoperative risk assessment for delirium after noncardiac surgery: a systematic review |journal=J Am Geriatr Soc |volume=54 |issue=10 |pages=1578–89 |year=2006 |month=October |pmid=17038078 |doi=10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00893.x |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/resolve/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0002-8614&date=2006&volume=54&issue=10&spage=1578 |issn=}}</ref>
 
[[Clinical prediction rule]] have been developed to help the prediction.
 
[[Inouye et al]] studied hospitalized [[geriatrics|geriatric]] patients and assigned one point to each of the following:<ref name="pmid8357112">{{cite journal |author=Inouye SK, Viscoli CM, Horwitz RI, Hurst LD, Tinetti ME |title=A predictive model for delirium in hospitalized elderly medical patients based on admission characteristics |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=119 |issue=6 |pages=474–81 |year=1993 |month=September |pmid=8357112 |doi= |url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8357112 |issn=}}</ref>
* vision impairment
* severe illness as defined by [[APACHE II]]  score of 17 or more
* cognitive impairment. Score of 23 or less on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The MMSE can be found in the appendix of its original publication.<ref name="pmid1202204">{{cite journal |author=Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR |title="Mini-mental state". A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician |journal=Journal of psychiatric research |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=189-98 |year=1975 |pmid=1202204 |doi=10.1016/0022-3956(75)90026-6}}</ref>
* high blood urea nitrogen/creatinine ratio of 18 or more
 
The rates of delirium were:<ref name="pmid8357112">{{cite journal |author=Inouye SK, Viscoli CM, Horwitz RI, Hurst LD, Tinetti ME |title=A predictive model for delirium in hospitalized elderly medical patients based on admission characteristics |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=119 |issue=6 |pages=474–81 |year=1993 |month=September |pmid=8357112 |doi= |url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8357112 |issn=}}</ref>
* 0 points 3%
* 1-2 points 16%
* 3-4 points 32%
 
These results have been independently validated with respective incidences of delirium of 4%, 12%, and 38%.<ref name="pmid16181163">{{cite journal |author=Kalisvaart KJ, de Jonghe JF, Bogaards MJ, ''et al'' |title=Haloperidol prophylaxis for elderly hip-surgery patients at risk for delirium: a randomized placebo-controlled study |journal=J Am Geriatr Soc |volume=53 |issue=10 |pages=1658–66 |year=2005 |month=October |pmid=16181163 |doi=10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53503.x |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/resolve/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0002-8614&date=2005&volume=53&issue=10&spage=1658 |issn=}}</ref>
 
[[Rudolph et al]] studied [[geriatrics|geriatric]] patients undergoing cardiac surgery and used four following predictors: abnormal Mini Mental State Examination, abnormal Geriatric Depression Scale prior cerebrovascular disease, and abnormal serum albumin.<ref name="pmid19118253">{{cite journal |author=Rudolph JL, Jones RN, Levkoff SE, ''et al'' |title=Derivation and validation of a preoperative prediction rule for delirium after cardiac surgery |journal=Circulation |volume=119 |issue=2 |pages=229–36 |year=2009 |month=January |pmid=19118253 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.795260 |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19118253 |issn=}}</ref> This rule has not been independently validated.
 
===Interventions===
"Proactive geriatric consultation may reduce delirium incidence and severity...prophylactic low dose haloperidol may reduce severity and duration of delirium episodes according to a [[systematic review]] by the [[Cochrane Collaboration]]."<ref name="pmid17443600">{{cite journal |author=Siddiqi N, Stockdale R, Britton AM, Holmes J |title=Interventions for preventing delirium in hospitalised patients |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=2 |pages=CD005563 |year=2007 |pmid=17443600 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005563.pub2 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005563.pub2 |issn=}}</ref>
 
In hip surgery (about 25% were for [[hip fracture]]), [[geriatrics|geriatric]] patients with at least one point on the Inouye prediction rule (see above), [[haloperidol]] 1.5 mg per day was started on admission and continued until 3 days after surgery reduced the severity and duration of delirium.<ref name="pmid16181163">{{cite journal |author=Kalisvaart KJ, de Jonghe JF, Bogaards MJ, ''et al'' |title=Haloperidol prophylaxis for elderly hip-surgery patients at risk for delirium: a randomized placebo-controlled study |journal=J Am Geriatr Soc |volume=53 |issue=10 |pages=1658–66 |year=2005 |month=October |pmid=16181163 |doi=10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53503.x |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/resolve/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0002-8614&date=2005&volume=53&issue=10&spage=1658 |issn=}}</ref> The incidence of delirium was insignificantly reduced from 15.1% and 16.5% to 15.1%. However, for secondary outcomes, the duration of delirium was reduced by 6 days and the duration of hospitalization was significantly reduced by 5 days. There were no drug-related side effects. Patients in both the treatment and control groups received geriatric consultation.
 
Also in surgery of [[hip fracture]], the use of light sedation with [[propofol]] may reduce postoperative [[delirium]] in [[geriatrics|geriatric]] patients as compared with deep sedation.<ref name="pmid20042557">{{cite journal| author=Sieber FE, Zakriya KJ, Gottschalk A, Blute MR, Lee HB, Rosenberg PB et al.| title=Sedation depth during spinal anesthesia and the development of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture repair. | journal=Mayo Clin Proc | year= 2010 | volume= 85 | issue= 1 | pages= 18-26 | pmid=20042557
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20042557 | doi=10.4065/mcp.2009.0469 | pmc=PMC2800291 }} </ref>
 
==Prognosis==
Many geriatrics patients have delirium persist at hospital discharge and for months afterwards.<ref name="pmid19017678">{{cite journal |author=Cole MG, Ciampi A, Belzile E, Zhong L |title=Persistent delirium in older hospital patients: a systematic review of frequency and prognosis |journal=Age Ageing |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=19–26 |year=2009 |month=January |pmid=19017678 |doi=10.1093/ageing/afn253 |url=http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19017678 |issn=}}</ref>


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In medicine, delirium is a "disorder characterized by confusion; inattentiveness; disorientation; illusions; hallucinations; agitation; and in some instances autonomic nervous system overactivity )."[1][2]

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, delirium is "reduced ability to think or concentrate, restlessness, anxiety, irritability, drowsiness, hypersensitivity to stimuli, nightmares."[3]

Etiology / cause

Dysglycemia may contribute to delirium.[4]

Diagnosis

This topic has been reviewed.[5][6]

Among hospitalized geriatric patients, "failure to identify either year or month correctly was 95% sensitive and 86.5% specific for the detection of cognitive impairment".[7]

Specific disorders such as substance withdrawal syndrome, intoxication, Wernicke encephalopathy, and osmotic demyelination syndrome (central pontine myelinolysis) should be excluded.

Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)

The confusion assessment method (CAM), which is an algorithm with four criteria based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders can help diagnose when the first two criteria are present and either the third or fourth criteria is present:[8][5]

  1. acute onset and fluctuating course
  2. inattention
  3. disorganized thinking
  4. altered level of consciousness

In the CAM-S, items 2-3 are rated as 0 (absent), 1 (mild), or 2 (marked). For the first item, acute onset and fluctuation was rated 0 (absent) or 1 (present).[9] In this study, no cut off score reliably diagnosed delirium, but a score of less than 2 was rarely associated with delirium that was independently diagnosed.

Mini-mental state examination (MMSE)

The Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) can also help and can be found in the appendix of its original publication.[10]

Components of the MMSE have been studied:

caption
Component Sensitivity Specificity
Three item recall[11] 54% 96%
Disorientation to year[7] 86% 94%
Counting backwards cell cell

Six item screener (SIS)

The examiner first asks the patient to remember three items: GRASS PAPER SHOE. The examiner can repeat the words 3 times as needed to help the patient.[12]

Orientation to time

  • Year
  • Month
  • Day of the week

Recall of three items (one point each)

  • Sensitivity 74%
  • Specificity 77%

Subsyndromal delirium

Subsyndromal delirium may cause morbidity among hospitalized individuals.[3]

Treatment

For patients who have agitation, randomized controlled trials have found that:

Antipsychotic agents, such as haloperidol less than 3.0 mg per day, can improve delirium according to a systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration.[15] Haloperiderol may be best.[16]

Cholinesterase inhibitors like donepezil do not clearly help, but they have not been well studied.[17]

Benzodiazepines may worsen delirium[18] and no evidence supports their use.[19]

Prevention

Clinical practice guidelines by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence direct prevention.[20]

Who is at risk?

The strongest risk factors for developing delirium are impaired cognition and psychotropic drug use.[21]

Clinical prediction rule have been developed to help the prediction.

Inouye et al studied hospitalized geriatric patients and assigned one point to each of the following:[22]

  • vision impairment
  • severe illness as defined by APACHE II score of 17 or more
  • cognitive impairment. Score of 23 or less on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The MMSE can be found in the appendix of its original publication.[10]
  • high blood urea nitrogen/creatinine ratio of 18 or more

The rates of delirium were:[22]

  • 0 points 3%
  • 1-2 points 16%
  • 3-4 points 32%

These results have been independently validated with respective incidences of delirium of 4%, 12%, and 38%.[23]

Rudolph et al studied geriatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery and used four following predictors: abnormal Mini Mental State Examination, abnormal Geriatric Depression Scale prior cerebrovascular disease, and abnormal serum albumin.[24] This rule has not been independently validated.

Interventions

"Proactive geriatric consultation may reduce delirium incidence and severity...prophylactic low dose haloperidol may reduce severity and duration of delirium episodes according to a systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration."[25]

In hip surgery (about 25% were for hip fracture), geriatric patients with at least one point on the Inouye prediction rule (see above), haloperidol 1.5 mg per day was started on admission and continued until 3 days after surgery reduced the severity and duration of delirium.[23] The incidence of delirium was insignificantly reduced from 15.1% and 16.5% to 15.1%. However, for secondary outcomes, the duration of delirium was reduced by 6 days and the duration of hospitalization was significantly reduced by 5 days. There were no drug-related side effects. Patients in both the treatment and control groups received geriatric consultation.

Also in surgery of hip fracture, the use of light sedation with propofol may reduce postoperative delirium in geriatric patients as compared with deep sedation.[26]

Prognosis

Many geriatrics patients have delirium persist at hospital discharge and for months afterwards.[27]

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