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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Increasing age, admission to the hospital, post-surgical status, alcoholism, and underlying brain lesions are common risk factors in the development of confusion. | |||
==Risk factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
The risk factors of confusion can be grouped in two main categories; factors which involve underlying brain conditions, and certain conditions which are known to precipitate confusion.<ref name="pmid9541379">{{cite journal |author=Elie M, Cole MG, Primeau FJ, Bellavance F |title=Delirium risk factors in elderly hospitalized patients |journal=J Gen Intern Med |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=204–12 |year=1998 |month=March |pmid=9541379 |pmc=1496920 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
* Increasing age is one of the most significant risk factors | |||
* Hospitalization | |||
* Post surgical recovery | |||
* Admission into [[intensive care unit]] | |||
* [[Drug abuse]] | |||
* [[Alcoholism]] | |||
* [[Multisystem organ failure]] | |||
===Underlying Brain Conditions=== | |||
* [[Stroke]] | |||
* [[Parkinson disease]] | |||
* [[Dementia]] | |||
* [[Epilepsy]] | |||
* [[Psychiatric disorders]] | |||
===Precipitating Factors=== | |||
* [[Hypoxia]] | |||
* [[Hypoglycemia]] | |||
* [[Poisonings]] | |||
* [[Infections]] | |||
* [[Dehydration]] | |||
* [[Electrolyte abnormalities]] | |||
* Prolonged immobility | |||
* [[Head injury]] | |||
* [[Kidney failure]] | |||
* [[Liver failure]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Neurology]] | |||
[[Category:Emergency medicine]] | |||
[[Category:Psychiatry]] | |||
[[Category:Endocrinology]] | |||
[[Category:Intensive care medicine]] | |||
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Overview
Increasing age, admission to the hospital, post-surgical status, alcoholism, and underlying brain lesions are common risk factors in the development of confusion.
Risk Factors
The risk factors of confusion can be grouped in two main categories; factors which involve underlying brain conditions, and certain conditions which are known to precipitate confusion.[1]
- Increasing age is one of the most significant risk factors
- Hospitalization
- Post surgical recovery
- Admission into intensive care unit
- Drug abuse
- Alcoholism
- Multisystem organ failure
Underlying Brain Conditions
Precipitating Factors
- Hypoxia
- Hypoglycemia
- Poisonings
- Infections
- Dehydration
- Electrolyte abnormalities
- Prolonged immobility
- Head injury
- Kidney failure
- Liver failure