Shaw R, Drozdowska B, Taylor-Rowan M, et al. - Because delirium is a common and serious complication of acute illness, researchers characterized the occurrence of delirium in an unselected, acute stroke population via collecting and analyzing data from consecutive stroke admissions. Utilizing multiple logistic regression, they reported the proportion with delirium and the clinical and demographic associations with delirium. Delirium was recorded in 187 of 708 individuals (median age: 71 years). Factors independently related to delirium included age, drug/alcohol misuse, and severity of stroke across 395 patients with complete risk factor data (105 delirium). Overall, the authors concluded that it can be possible to use pre-stroke or stroke-specific factors to identify those at risk.