Confusion - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Intoxication with cyclopentolate eye drops]

30 Jul 2009 We report on an accidental intoxication with cyclopentolate eye drops. A 90-year-old patient became confused and was admitted to the emergency department. His symptoms consisted of disorientation, ataxia, and psychomotor agitation. Similar cases ... Read more...

Validation of a German version of the Confusion Assessment Method for delirium detection in a sample of acute geriatric patients with a high prevalence of dementia.

10 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVES: To assess validity and interrater reliability of an operationalized German version of the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) in geriatric patients with comorbid dementia and high delirium risk. DESIGN: Prospective cross-sectional cohort ... Read more...

Factors determining nurses' clinical judgments about hospitalized elderly patients with acute confusion.

30 May 2009 Acute confusion(AC)/delirium is a common clinical phenomenon in hospitalized elders that is often overlooked or misdiagnosed by nurses of various cultural backgrounds. The aim of this study was to better understand factors affecting nurses' clinical ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Confusion - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Intoxication with cyclopentolate eye drops] 30 Jul 2009
• 68-year-old woman with confusion. 30 Jul 2009
• Validation of a German version of the Confusion Assessment Method for delirium detection in a sample of acute geriatric patients with a high prevalence of dementia. 10 Jun 2009
• Factors determining nurses' clinical judgments about hospitalized elderly patients with acute confusion. 30 May 2009
• [Liaison psychiatry in a general hospital: seven paradigmatic cases] 23 Mar 2009
• Recommendations for diagnosing a mild traumatic brain injury: a National Academy of Neuropsychology education paper. 15 Mar 2009
• Inferential confusion, obsessive beliefs, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms: a replication and extension. 9 Mar 2009
• Acute confusional state in type 2 diabetic patient: non-convulsive status epilepticus. 27 Feb 2009
• Education, hospital staff and the confused older patient. 26 Feb 2009
• Cognitive visual perceptual deficits in patients with delirium. 20 Feb 2009
• [How to examine... a sudden amnestic incident] 30 Jan 2009
• Clarithromycin-induced Hoigne syndrome in a patient treated for rosacea. 11 Jan 2009
• Acute anticholinergic syndrome from Atropa belladonna mistaken for blueberries. 30 Dec 2008
• [Delirium in old age. Difficulties in diagnosis] 3 Nov 2008
• 54-Year-old man with shortness of breath, confusion, and thrombocytopenia. 30 Oct 2008
• [Delirium--management in the hospital: diagnosis and treatment] 28 Oct 2008
• Computerized tomography of the brain for elderly patients presenting to the emergency department with acute confusion. 29 Sep 2008
• The confusion assessment method--a tool for delirium detection by the acute pain service. 18 Aug 2008
• Inferential confusion, obsessive beliefs and obsessive-compulsive symptoms: a multidimensional investigation of cognitive domains. 29 Jun 2008
• [Imaging of acute confusional state] 29 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Confusion'

Definition: A mental state characterized by bewilderment, emotional disturbance, lack of clear thinking, and perceptual disorientation.

Descriptor UI: D003221

Alternative terms: Confusion; Confusional State; Confusional States; State, Confusional; States, Confusional; Disorientation; Confusion, Reactive; Reactive Confusion; Bewilderment; Confusion, Post-Ictal; Confusion, Post Ictal; Post-Ictal Confusion;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.337; C23.888.592.604.339; F01.700.250;

Online Note: search COGNITION DISORDERS 1969-74

History Note: 91(75); was see under COGNITION DISORDERS 1975-90