Stabilizing and Managing Patients with Altered Mental Status and Delirium
| Autor: | Ebelechukwu A. Odiari, Navdeep Sekhon, Jin Y. Han, Elizabeth H David |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Mental Status Schedule business.industry Delirium Disease Management Emergency department behavioral disciplines and activities nervous system diseases Altered Mental Status mental disorders Emergency Medicine medicine Humans medicine.symptom Disease management (health) Emergency Service Hospital business Psychiatry Intensive care medicine |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 33:753-764 |
| ISSN: | 0733-8627 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.emc.2015.07.004 |
| Popis: | Present in all patient populations, altered mental status (AMS) is a common, but nonspecific emergency department (ED) presentation that can signify serious underlying pathology. Delirium is a more defined mental status change caused by another medical condition that carries a high morbidity and mortality if missed. However, ED physicians miss the condition in more than 50% of cases. The ED physician should maintain a high index of suspicion for delirium, because if missed in the ED, delirium is more likely to be missed on the floors as well. Management of delirium is directed toward treating the underlying course. |
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