Prevalence for delirium in stroke patients: A prospective controlled study.

Background And Purpose: This study investigates the prevalence of delirium in acute stroke patients on a primary stroke unit (SU) analyzing associated risk factors and clinical outcomes.

Method: Prospective, 4-month observational study from 2015 to 2016 on patients aged ≥18 years with stroke at a German university hospital's SU. The presence of delirium as first outcome was rated at three times daily using the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM).

Hypocalcemia as a prognostic factor in mortality and morbidity in moderate and severe traumatic brain injury.

Objectives: Our main objective was to evaluate whether serum hypocalcaemia (defined as <2.1 mmol/L [8.5 mg/dL]) and ionized serum calcium (defined as <1.