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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Risk factors for confusion are of prognostic importance. Increasing age, hospital admission, post surgical status, alcoholism, underlying brain lesion are few important risk factors. Special care is required for elderly patients who are hospitalized.
Risk factors
Risk factors of confusion can be grouped under different categories, one which increase the chances, one due to underlying brain conditions 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
- Chronic alcholism
- Severely ill
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