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#375 Delirium in the Hospital featuring Dr. Esther Oh

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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Is There a Neuronal Inflammation in Delirium?

There's a unifying theory of delirium is that there's a brain inflammation. The idea is that those things are actually damaging the neurons. And then if that continues for a long time, that can actually result in neuronal death. But you know, I want to just kind of be careful because often, you know, we're talking about delirium like it's a disease,. but please remember that it's a syndrome.

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