Hospital-induced delirium hits hard

Zolpidem Induced Delirium

Zolpidem is a newer Non-Benzodiazepine hypnotic which act at GABA-BDZ complex and widely in use for sleep disturbances. A number of side effects have been mentioned in literature i.e. dizziness. Abdominal pain, amnesia, anxiety, insomnia and other rare side effects like stupor, syncope, tremors, abnormal thinking, anaphylactic shock, delusion, dementia, depersonalisation, panic attacks, illusio...

Detection of delirium in the acute hospital.

Persistent delirium in older hospital patients.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW There are two contradictory views on the prognosis of delirium in older hospital patients. On one hand, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), describes delirium as a transient cognitive disorder, the majority of affected individuals having a full recovery. On the other hand, longitudinal studies of delirium in this population report that the out...

Disulfiram-induced delirium: diagnostic dilemma

Disulfiram, a useful medication to deter the relapse of alcohol dependence, has been associated with a number of neuropsychiatric adverse effects. Disulfiram induced delirium is rare in the absence of an ongoing psychosis or a disulfiramethanol reaction. We present the case of an alcohol dependent patient who had a past history of both an alcohol-induced psychotic episode (which had resolved co...

Delirium in the ICU: time to probe the hard questions

Prevalent in critically ill patients, delirium remains poorly understood and difficult to treat. In a cross-sectional study conducted in 12 countries, delirium was identified in close to one third of patients and was independently associated with increased mortality. While such epidemiological accounts represent an important cornerstone for research, scientific efforts are needed to elucidate t...