‘Excited Delirium’, acute behavioural disturbance, death and diagnosis
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DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722001076
Abstract: Abstract In the 1980s the traditional Hippocratic term excited delirium was transplanted from the bedsides of febrile, agitated and disoriented patients to the streets of Miami. Deaths in custody of young men who were intoxicated… read more here.
Keywords: excited delirium; delirium acute; diagnosis; death ... See more keywords
Clinical and Epidemiological Approach to Delirium in an Acute Care Unit: A Cross-Sectional Study
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159406
Abstract: During hospital admissions, the union of various factors, those related to acute pathology, dependency conditions, cognitive impairment, change of habitual environment, and others, can cause delirium. Acute delirium in the elderly (ADE) occurs in around… read more here.
Keywords: delirium acute; sectional study; delirium; cross sectional ... See more keywords