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==Risk factors== | ==Risk factors== | ||
Risk factors of confusion can be grouped under two categories, one which increase the chances and the one which 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> | Risk factors of confusion can be grouped under two categories, one which increase the chances and the one which 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 | |||
'''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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Overview
Risk factors
Risk factors of confusion can be grouped under two categories, one which increase the chances and the one which precipitate confusion.[1]
- Increasing age is one of the most significant risk factors
- Hospitalization
- Post surgical recovery
- Admission into intensive care unit
- Drug abuse
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