Assessment and management of delirium in a tertiary hospital-Improvements in cognitive screening and use of non-pharmacological strategies with a multidisciplinary approach

CONCLUSIONS: Improved quality of care in delirium management is achievable via a co-ordinated multidisciplinary approach. These audits demonstrated improvements in both rates of cognitive screening, and use of non-pharmacological strategies prior to antipsychotic medication use and better adherence to guidelines for antipsychotic prescribing. Areas for further development in delirium prevention include the uptake of screening and individualised non-pharmacological strategies.PMID:38317569 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13266

Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - February 6, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Emily Clarke Ellie Newman Madhu Dravid Michael Ricciardello Emma Jones Katherine Caudle Lucy Kilshaw Samantha Hilmi Leon Flicker Source Type: research