Delirium resident survival guide: Difference between revisions
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*[[Raised intracranial pressure]] | *[[Raised intracranial pressure]] | ||
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*[[Wernicke's encephalopathy]] | *[[Wernicke's encephalopathy]]|} | ||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
Revision as of 01:42, 23 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.