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| Delirium and the elderly patient | | Author(s) | Stephen Curran, John Wattis |
| Journal title | Geriatric Medicine, vol 37, no 11, November 2007 |
| Pages | pp 35-42 |
| Keywords | Confusion ; Diagnosis. |
| Annotation | Delirium is the term used to describe a state of fluctuating organic mental confusion, usually of abrupt onset and relatively short duration. It results in impaired attention and concentration, impaired consciousness, disordered perception, usually visual hallucinations as well as autonomic features such as sweating and tachycardia. Professors Curran and Wattis discuss the condition which is known to be associated particularly with increasing age and dementia. They introduce the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) which has been widely used in research and been validated in Europe as a screening tool for delirium. The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has published guidelines (2006) on the prevention, diagnosis and management of delirium. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071211204 A |
| Classmark | EDC: LK7 |
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