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[quote=Anonymous]This often happens even without anesthesia etc to the elderly. It has to do with that the hospital routine is for the staff, not the patient. This means, the patient is constantly woken up, for blood tests or doctors' rounds, to check blood pressure, etc. And lights are on (messing up melatonin) and everything is beeping all the time, and then add to that visitors coming in, or waking the patient up for meals... After a few days the patient gets delirious. It happens with younger people too, but it's classic in the elderly. When my mom's doctor first explained it to me, he was so unconcerned it took me aback. I had no idea this is such a "thing."[/quote]
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