Delirium and Cognitive Disorders

Sud­den, fluc­tu­at­ing con­fu­sion and dis­ori­en­ta­tion, often trig­gered by ill­ness, surgery, or med­ica­tion, and dis­tinct from long-term demen­tia.

Sleep research — includ­ing Stan­ford’s SleepFM study — has found that sig­nals record­ed dur­ing a sin­gle night’s sleep can be asso­ci­at­ed with future risk of this and relat­ed con­di­tions. This is gen­er­al infor­ma­tion, not a diag­no­sis. Learn about the research behind this entry →