Hospital Stressors
Sedating medications, poor sleep, dehydration, disrupted daily rhythm, acute illness, and overstimulation are important contributors to delirium. Hospital delirium is often driven by hospital-related factors even when the original illness…
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Sedating medications, poor sleep, dehydration, disrupted daily rhythm, acute illness, and overstimulation are important contributors to delirium. Hospital delirium is often driven by hospital-related factors even when the original illness is improving. Frequent hospital interruptions can disrupt sleep-wake cycles. Hospital stressors can have a larger mental-status effect in adults over age 65.