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*[[Head injury]] | *[[Head injury]] | ||
*[[Heart failure]] | *[[Heart failure]] | ||
*[[Hyperosmolar non-ketotic diabetic coma]] | *[[Hyperosmolar non-ketotic diabetic coma]] | ||
*[[Hypertensive encephalopathy]] | *[[Hypertensive encephalopathy]] | ||
*[[Hypoglycemia]]] | |||
*[[Hypoglycemia] | |||
*[[Hypoxemia]] | *[[Hypoxemia]] | ||
*[[Hypoxia]] | *[[Hypoxia]] | ||
*[[Meningitis]] | *[[Meningitis]] | ||
*[[Meningoencephalitis]] | *[[Meningoencephalitis]]] | ||
*[[Raised intracranial pressure]] | *[[Raised intracranial pressure]] | ||
*[[Schizoaffective disorder ]] | *[[Schizoaffective disorder ]] | ||
*[[Sepsis]] | *[[Sepsis]] | ||
*[[Wernicke's encephalopathy]] | |||
*Withdrawal states from [[ethanol]], [[benzodiazepines]] | |||
===Common Causes=== | |||
*[[Antihistamines]] | |||
*[[Antipsychotics]] | |||
*Chronic Liver failure | |||
*Chronic Renal failure | |||
*[[Folate deficiency]] | |||
*[[Hyperthyroidism]] | |||
*[[systemic inflammatory response syndrome]] | *[[systemic inflammatory response syndrome]] | ||
*Systemic organ failure | *Systemic organ failure | ||
*[[Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency]] | *[[Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency]] | ||
*[[Vitamin B12 deficiency]] | *[[Vitamin B12 deficiency]] | ||
==Management== | ==Management== | ||
Revision as of 00:24, 21 February 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Pratik Bahekar, MBBS [2]
Definition
Delirium is an acute and relatively sudden (developing over hours to days) decline in attention-focus, perception, and cognition.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
- Acute Liver failure
- Acute Renal failure
- Adrenal cortex insufficiency
- Alcohol withdrawal
- Brain infection
- Burns
- Carbon monoxide toxicity
- Cardiac failure
- Cerebral oedema
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Cyanide
- Diabetic hypoglycemia
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Drug overdose
- Drug withdrawal
- Epileptic seizures
- Encephalitis
- Head injury
- Heart failure
- Hyperosmolar non-ketotic diabetic coma
- Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Hypoglycemia]
- Hypoxemia
- Hypoxia
- Meningitis
- Meningoencephalitis]
- Raised intracranial pressure
- Schizoaffective disorder
- Sepsis
- Wernicke's encephalopathy
- Withdrawal states from ethanol, benzodiazepines
Common Causes
- Antihistamines
- Antipsychotics
- Chronic Liver failure
- Chronic Renal failure
- Folate deficiency
- Hyperthyroidism
- systemic inflammatory response syndrome
- Systemic organ failure
- Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency
- Vitamin B12 deficiency