Delirium: Diagnosis, Prevention and Management [Internet]

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This guideline covers adult patients (18 years and older) in a hospital setting and adults (18 and older) in long-term residential care. The guideline addresses: modifiable risk factors (‘clinical factors’) to identify people at risk of developing delirium; diagnosis of delirium in acute, critical and long-term care; as well as pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for a) reducing the incidence of delirium and its consequences, and b) to reduce the severity, duration and consequences of delirium in people who develop the condition.

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