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Original Source: Oxycodone induced delirium and agitation in an elderly patient following total right knee arthroplasty.
Case Opioids are commonly prescribed for pain, and are often connected to mental status adverse events. Delirium is a side effect associated with narcotic analgesics, with a higher incidence in the elderly. This report describes an elderly male that received a total knee arthroplasty and received morphine post-operatively. On post-operative day 2, morphine was discontinued due to mental status changes and switched to oxycodone/acetaminophen. Twenty-four hours after administering oxycodone, the patient's men...
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OxyContin, an narcotic analgesic produced by Purdue Pharma LP, nets $3m in sales annually, placing it 8th in the world for annual sales. OxyContin in the brand name for oxycodone, and is similar t...
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Postop Delirium Tied to Long-term Cognitive Impairment
Patients who suffer delirium in the hospital after cardiac surgery may suffer immediate and longer-term cognitive impairment, highlighting the importance of preventing delirium, researchers say. Med...
Postoperative Delirium A 76-Year-Old Woman With Delirium Following Surgery Postoperative Delirium
Delirium (acute confusion) complicates 15% to 50% of major operations in older adults and is associated with other major postoperative complications, prolonged length of stay, poor functional recovery...
Delirium after cardiac surgery is a risk factor for long-term cognitive impairment
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The delirium that patients often experience following cardiac surgery dulls the mind for as long as a year, and the longer the delirium lasts, the longer mental recover...
FDA Oxycodone Enforcement Built On Difference Between “Same” And “Identical”
Companies must stop manufacturing unapproved single-ingredient, immediate-release oxycodone products in oral dosage forms within 45 days; FDA rejects Lannett petition, saying it has not provided evide...
Delirium Has Long-Term Consequences for Dementia Patients
Hospital-acquired delirium is associated with an increased rate of cognitive deterioration in Alzheimer's patients, new research shows. Medscape Medical News
Study finds reformulated ER Oxycodone abuse rates are significantly lower than original ER Oxycodone
(Inflexxion, Inc.) Aims of this study were to assess 1) whether the rates of abuse of extended-release (ER) oxycodone (OxyContin) decline following introduction of reformulated ER oxycodone (ORF), and...
Delirium Worsens Severity Of Dementia And Increases The Pace Of Cognitive Decline
Older people who have experienced episodes of delirium are significantly more likely to develop dementia, according to new research. The study is published in the journal Brain. When in hospital, olde...
Delirium in Hospital Hastens Decline in Alzheimer's (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with Alzheimer's disease who develop delirium while hospitalized saw a worsening of their dementia, researchers found.
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Case Opioids are commonly prescribed for pain, and are often connected to mental status adverse events. Delirium is a side effect associated with narcotic analgesics, with a higher incidence in the el...
Anomalous observations of hydrocodone in patients on oxycodone.
BACKGROUND: Urine drug monitoring is used by physicians treating chronic pain patients with opioid therapy. Patients are tested in part to insure that they are not taking other drugs. Therefore, the f...
Delirium occurs in 20 - 50 % of hospitalized elderly patients. An age > 65 years is one of the factors predisposing to the development of delirium, which is a common syndrome in geriatric medicine. Tw...
Improving recognition of delirium in clinical practice: a call for action.
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The purpose of this correspondence article is to report opinion amongst experts in the delirium field as to why, despite on-going training for all health professionals, delirium...
Applying Evidence-Based Practice: Delirium.
Delirium often occurs in older hospitalized inpatients. However, it is frequently not diagnosed or prevented at an early stage. Delirium leads to poor prognoses and prolongs hospitalized days. This ar...
