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Delirium causes further complications that may worsen patient's condition. Secondary prevention plays important role in management of the delirium. | Delirium causes further complications that may worsen patient's condition. Secondary prevention plays important role in management of the delirium. | ||
==Secondary Prevention== | ==Secondary Prevention== | ||
*[[Secondary prevention]] strategies following [[delirium]] include avoid [[anticholinergic]] drugs, attend to [[environmental factors]] (sensory input, [[orientation aids], reassuring [[human contact]]), routine screening for finding | *[[Secondary prevention]] strategies following [[delirium]] include avoid [[anticholinergic]] drugs, attend to [[environmental factors]] (sensory input, [[orientation aids], reassuring [[human contact]]), routine screening for finding high risk [[patients]], early recognition of any change or fluctuation of [[mental]] state or [[behaviour]].<ref name="Anderson2005">{{cite journal|last1=Anderson|first1=David|title=Preventing delirium in older people|journal=British Medical Bulletin|volume=73-74|issue=1|year=2005|pages=25–34|issn=1471-8391|doi=10.1093/bmb/ldh048}}</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
Delirium causes further complications that may worsen patient's condition. Secondary prevention plays important role in management of the delirium.
Secondary Prevention
- Secondary prevention strategies following delirium include avoid anticholinergic drugs, attend to environmental factors (sensory input, [[orientation aids], reassuring human contact), routine screening for finding high risk patients, early recognition of any change or fluctuation of mental state or behaviour.[1]
References
- ↑ Anderson, David (2005). "Preventing delirium in older people". British Medical Bulletin. 73-74 (1): 25–34. doi:10.1093/bmb/ldh048. ISSN 1471-8391.