Summary: <p>This month we discuss the issue of diagnosing delirium in older hospital patients. Despite being linked to a range of poor outcomes, the syndrome is often missed and evidence on its measurement is sparse.</p><p>Professor Alasdair MacLullich tells us how a device he’s designed with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh, which tests for delirium’s attentional deficits, can benefit clinicians and researchers.</p><p>See also:</p><p>Detecting deficits of sustained visual attention in delirium http://tinyurl.com/aswwbaw</p>
