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===Life Threatening Causes=== | ===Life Threatening Causes=== | ||
*Acute Liver failure | *[[Acute Liver failure]] | ||
*Acute Renal failure | *[[Acute Renal failure]] | ||
*[[Adrenal cortex insufficiency]] | *[[Adrenal cortex insufficiency]] | ||
*[[Brain infection]] | *[[Brain infection]] | ||
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*[[Cerebral oedema]] | *[[Cerebral oedema]] | ||
*[[Cerebrovascular accident]] | *[[Cerebrovascular accident]] | ||
*Cyanide | *[[Cyanide]] | ||
*[[Diabetic hypoglycemia]] | *[[Diabetic hypoglycemia]] | ||
*[[Diabetic ketoacidosis]] | *[[Diabetic ketoacidosis]] | ||
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*[[Antihistamines]] | *[[Antihistamines]] | ||
*[[Antipsychotics]] | *[[Antipsychotics]] | ||
*Chronic Liver failure | *[[Chronic Liver failure]] | ||
*Chronic Renal failure | *[[Chronic Renal failure]] | ||
*[[Folate deficiency]] | *[[Folate deficiency]] | ||
*[[Hyperthyroidism]] | *[[Hyperthyroidism]] | ||
*[[systemic inflammatory response syndrome]] | *[[systemic inflammatory response syndrome]] | ||
*Systemic organ failure | *[[Systemic organ failure]] | ||
*[[Schizoaffective disorder]] | *[[Schizoaffective disorder]] | ||
*[[Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency]] | *[[Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency]] | ||
Revision as of 00:30, 21 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.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
- Acute Liver failure
- Acute Renal failure
- Adrenal cortex insufficiency
- Brain infection
- Burns
- Carbon monoxide toxicity
- Cardiac failure
- Cerebral oedema
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Cyanide
- Diabetic hypoglycemia
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Drug overdose
- Drug withdrawal e.g. ethanol, benzodiazepines
- Epileptic seizures
- Head injury
- Heart failure
- Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Hypoglycemia]
- Hypoxemia
- Raised intracranial pressure
- Sepsis
- Wernicke's encephalopathy
Common Causes
- Antihistamines
- Antipsychotics
- Chronic Liver failure
- Chronic Renal failure
- Folate deficiency
- Hyperthyroidism
- systemic inflammatory response syndrome
- Systemic organ failure
- Schizoaffective disorder
- Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency
- Vitamin B12 deficiency