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Delirium vs. Dementia

7/6/2012

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A new article on Medpage regarding delirium (acute confusional state is a common and severe neuropsychiatric syndrome with core features of  acute onset and fluctuating course, attentional deficits and generalized severe disorganization of behavior - From Wikipedia) that is important to any elder facing cardiac surgery or potentially any other surgery.  We often see our elder clients, when hospitalized, have a severe exacerbation of their dementia or new onset of a confusion and disorientation during the hospitalization and after returning home. Often a delirium is misdiagnosed in the hospital as a dementia and so it is important that a psychiatrist or neurologist test a person who is suspected to have either a rapid onset delirium or a dementia to determine the correct diagnosis.  The link to the Medpage article is here.
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    Pat McVey-Ritsick, CLPF, NCG  Pleasant Hill, CA   925-627-1593

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