Did you know?

That one in three patients who spend five or more days in a hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) end up psychotic? That’s right kids! Keep eating those doughnuts, and you too can end up with a myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular accident that not only leaves you paralyzed from the waist down but also gives you a free ticket to paranoia, imaginary voices, disturbing hallucinations, and violent anxiety. And looking forward to joining the geriatric community? “Sundowning,” which is common in nursing homes, is a form of ICU psychosis brought on by nightfall. Rather puts the character from Top Gun in a new light, doesn’t it?