Management of delirium in acute stroke patients
A position paper by the Austrian Stroke Society on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
Recent publication
The Austrian Stroke Society, the Austrian Society of Neurology, the Austrian Society of Neurorehabilitation and the Austrian Society of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics have published an evidence-based position paper on the management of delirium in acute stroke patients. It describes aspects of prevention, recommendations on the timing and frequency of screenings and various pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment methods. The quidelines have been published open access in the journal ‘Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders’. Prim. Assoc. Prof. PD Dr Martin Aigner, Head of the Division of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine at St. Pölten University Hospital, was involved in the development of the position paper.
Kneihsl, M, Berger, N, Sumerauer, S, Asenbaum-Nan, S, Höger, FS, Gattringer, T, Enzinger, C, Aigner, M, Ferrari, J & Lang, W 2024, 'Management of delirium in acute stroke patients: a position paper by the Austrian Stroke Society on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment', Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, vol. 17, pp. 17562864241258788. https://doi.org/10.1177/17562864241258788
Prim. Assoc. Prof. PD Dr. Martin Aigner
Division of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine (University Hospital Tulln)
