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According to the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]], delirium is "reduced ability to think or concentrate, restlessness, anxiety, irritability, drowsiness, hypersensitivity to stimuli, nightmares."<ref name="pmid12757560">{{cite journal |author=Cole M, McCusker J, Dendukuri N, Han L |title=The prognostic significance of subsyndromal delirium in elderly medical inpatients |journal=J Am Geriatr Soc |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=754–60 |year=2003 |month=June |pmid=12757560 |doi= |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0002-8614&date=2003&volume=51&issue=6&spage=754 |issn=}}</ref> | According to the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]], delirium is "reduced ability to think or concentrate, restlessness, anxiety, irritability, drowsiness, hypersensitivity to stimuli, nightmares."<ref name="pmid12757560">{{cite journal |author=Cole M, McCusker J, Dendukuri N, Han L |title=The prognostic significance of subsyndromal delirium in elderly medical inpatients |journal=J Am Geriatr Soc |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=754–60 |year=2003 |month=June |pmid=12757560 |doi= |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0002-8614&date=2003&volume=51&issue=6&spage=754 |issn=}}</ref> | ||
==Subsyndromal delirium == | |||
Subsyndromal delirium may cause morbidity among hospitalized individuals.<ref name="pmid12757560">{{cite journal |author=Cole M, McCusker J, Dendukuri N, Han L |title=The prognostic significance of subsyndromal delirium in elderly medical inpatients |journal=J Am Geriatr Soc |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=754–60 |year=2003 |month=June |pmid=12757560 |doi= |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0002-8614&date=2003&volume=51&issue=6&spage=754 |issn=}}</ref> | Subsyndromal delirium may cause morbidity among hospitalized individuals.<ref name="pmid12757560">{{cite journal |author=Cole M, McCusker J, Dendukuri N, Han L |title=The prognostic significance of subsyndromal delirium in elderly medical inpatients |journal=J Am Geriatr Soc |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=754–60 |year=2003 |month=June |pmid=12757560 |doi= |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0002-8614&date=2003&volume=51&issue=6&spage=754 |issn=}}</ref> | ||
==Treatment== | |||
[[Antipsychotic agent]]s can improve deliriuim.<ref name="pmid17443602">{{cite journal |author=Lonergan E, Britton AM, Luxenberg J, Wyller T |title=Antipsychotics for delirium |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=2 |pages=CD005594 |year=2007 |pmid=17443602 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2 |issn=}}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 16:07, 6 January 2009
In medicine, delirium is a "disorder characterized by confusion; inattentiveness; disorientation; illusions; hallucinations; agitation; and in some instances autonomic nervous system overactivity )."[1]
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, delirium is "reduced ability to think or concentrate, restlessness, anxiety, irritability, drowsiness, hypersensitivity to stimuli, nightmares."[2]
Subsyndromal delirium
Subsyndromal delirium may cause morbidity among hospitalized individuals.[2]
Treatment
Antipsychotic agents can improve deliriuim.[3]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Delirium (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cole M, McCusker J, Dendukuri N, Han L (June 2003). "The prognostic significance of subsyndromal delirium in elderly medical inpatients". J Am Geriatr Soc 51 (6): 754–60. PMID 12757560. [e]
- ↑ Lonergan E, Britton AM, Luxenberg J, Wyller T (2007). "Antipsychotics for delirium". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2): CD005594. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2. PMID 17443602. Research Blogging.