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Frailty, cognitive impairment and anticoagulation among older adults with non-valvular atrial fibrillation
(Wiley, 2020-08-11)
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES
Oral anticoagulation (OAC) is challenging in older patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) who are often frail and have cognitive impairment. We examined the characteristics of older ...
Prise en charge du délirium chez les personnes âgées à l’urgence
(Association des infirmières et infirmiers d’urgence du Québec, 2023-07-19)
Pour une majorité de personnes âgées, le département d’urgence représente la principale porte d’entrée pour des soins de santé. Lorsqu’elles arrivent à l’urgence, dix pour cent des personnes âgées présentent déjà un délirium. ...
An emergency department delirium screening and management initiative : the development and refinement of the SCREENED-ED intervention
(Slack, 2021-12-01)
The current article describes an intervention aimed at emergency department (ED) nurses and physicians that was designed to address the challenges of managing delirium in the ED environment. The intervention development ...
Family identification of delirium in the emergency department in patients with and without dementia : validity of the family confusion assessment method (FAM-CAM)
(Wiley, 2020-04-10)
OBJECTIVE
To examine the ability of the family-rated Family Confusion Assessment Method (FAM-CAM) to identify delirium in the emergency department (ED) among patients with and without dementia, as compared to the ...
Cerebral oximetry as a biomarker of postoperative delirium in cardiac surgery patients
(Elsevier, 2016-03-30)
Purpose
A promising monitoring strategy for delirium is the use of cerebral oximetry, but its validity during delirium is unknown. We assessed the relationship between oximetry and delirium. We hypothesized that as cerebral ...
Nurses’ judgments of patient risk of deterioration at change-of-shift handoff : agreement between nurses and comparison with early warning scores
(Elsevier, 2020-02-25)
Background
Nurses begin forming judgments regarding patients’ clinical stability during change-of-shift handoffs.
Objectives
To examine the agreement between incoming and outgoing nurses’ judgments of deterioration ...
The development of the MENTOR_D nursing intervention : supporting family involvement in delirium management
(Wiley, 2022-04-10)
Background
Although families are increasingly seen as allies to improve delirium management and reduce its consequences, their involvement in the postcardiac surgery setting is challenging considering patients' critical ...
Subsyndromal delirium in cardiac surgery patients : risk factors and outcomes of the different trajectories
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2021)
Background
Subsyndromal delirium (SSD), a subthreshold form of delirium, is related to longer length of stay and increased mortality rates among older adults. Risk factors and outcomes of SSD in cardiac surgery patients ...
Activité de formation continue portant sur le délirium basée sur la pratique réflexive auprès d’infirmières en soins cardiologiques
(Canadian council of cardiovascular nurses, 2017)
Le délirium est d’origine multifactorielle, il fluctue dans le temps et est caractérisé par une
apparition soudaine de perturbations de l’attention, de l’état de conscience et des fonctions cognitives
(American Psychiatric ...