Emergency Medicine Reports – June 15, 2003
June 15, 2003
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Delirium: A Systematic Approach to Diagnosis and Initial Management
In practice, the ability of medical staff to detect delirium may not always be straightforward. In a typical busy emergency department, constraints on time can impair the collection of salient historical points and observation of the more subtle clinical signs. Therefore, delirium often is missed, overlooked as senescence, or incorrectly diagnosed as a psychiatric disorder or dementia.