An ounce of prevention.An ounce of prevention. Hospital caregivers could be doing more to prevent delirium delirium Condition of disorientation, confused thinking, and rapid alternation between mental states. The patient is restless, cannot concentrate, and undergoes emotional changes (e.g., anxiety, apathy, euphoria), sometimes with hallucinations. among elderly patients, suggests an article in the March 4 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine The New England Journal of Medicine (New Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. . Simple steps such as providing ample fluids, taking patients for walks, and keeping them mentally active can help prevent the condition, which affects more than 2.3 million a year and is not always reversible reversible, adj capable of going through a series of changes in either direction, forward or backward (e.g., reversible chemical reaction). reversible hydrocolloid, n See hydrocolloid, reversible. . Its effects cost the Medicare program more than $4 billion each year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the study's authors. |
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