Delirium

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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]

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous (2024), Delirium (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ 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]
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