Intensive care delirium: ‘I hallucinated that I’d been kidnapped’
Jan Ehtash endured strange and unsettling visions as she battled Covid in a south London hospital. Source link
Delirium
I thought Dad’s pig heart transplant was delirium
A US man, who has become the first person in the world to receive a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig, is “doing extremely well” after the procedure, according to his son. David Bennett, 57, underwent the experimental seven-hour procedure as a “last choice”, after being deemed ineligible for a human transplant. Speaking outside the … Read more
Brain fog to delirium: One-third of hospitalised Covid-19 patients in study developed brain malfunction
Nearly one-third of Covid-19 patients in a US hospital system experienced some kind of altered mental function, a study published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology has found. These altered mental functions included confusion, delirium and unresponsiveness, the study noted. The research explored the neurologic manifestations of Covid-19 and found some were present in … Read more
Delirium ‘key Covid symptom’ in frail older people
Image copyright Getty Images Doctors and carers should look out for signs of confusion or strange behaviour in frail older people because it could be an early warning sign of Covid-19, research suggests. Even if they have no cough or fever, delirium is more common in vulnerable over-65s than other, fitter people of the same … Read more