Recurrent delirium caused by concealed Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in a 77 year old woman.

Autor: Lillebø ML; Medical Department, Volda Hospital, Norway. marja.liisa.lillebo@helse-sunnmore.no, Velle HO, Wyller TB
Jazyk: English; Norwegian
Zdroj: Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke [Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen] 2012 Feb 21; Vol. 132 (4), pp. 426-9.
DOI: 10.4045/tidsskr.11.0119
Abstrakt: "Admission for social reasons" and "causa socialis" are terms often used to describe hospitalisations that are assumed to be unnecessary. However, a thorough assessment of so-called unnecessarily admitted patients may often reveal medical causes that are both serious and curable.
Databáze: MEDLINE