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[[Secondary prevention]] strategies following [[delirium]] include avoid [[anticholinergic]] drugs, attend to [[environmental factors]] (sensory input, [[orientation aids], reassuring [[human contact]] | [[Secondary prevention]] strategies following [[delirium]] include avoid [[anticholinergic]] drugs, attend to [[environmental factors]] (sensory input, [[orientation aids], reassuring [[human contact]], routine screening for finding high risk [[patients]], early recognition of any change or fluctuation of [[mental]] state or [[behaviour]]. | ||
==Secondary Prevention== | ==Secondary Prevention== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Zand, M.D.[2] Pratik Bahekar, MBBS [3]; Vishal Khurana, M.B.B.S., M.D. [4]
Overview
Secondary prevention strategies following delirium include avoid anticholinergic drugs, attend to environmental factors (sensory input, [[orientation aids], reassuring human contact, routine screening for finding high risk patients, early recognition of any change or fluctuation of mental state or behaviour.
Secondary Prevention
- Secondary prevention strategies following delirium include avoid anticholinergic drugs, attend to environmental factors (sensory input, [[orientation aids], reassuring human contact), routine screening for finding high risk patients, early recognition of any change or fluctuation of mental state or behaviour.[1]
References
- ↑ Anderson, David (2005). "Preventing delirium in older people". British Medical Bulletin. 73-74 (1): 25–34. doi:10.1093/bmb/ldh048. ISSN 1471-8391.