Delirium, Clouding of Consciousness, and Confusion

Delirium: A Test of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III Criteria on Medical Inpatients

“…Our findings that 50% of the delirious patients had a neurologic illness supports the strong known association of delirium with neurologic illness 25–27 . Flint 27 found 111 of 142 delirious patients to have an underlying neurologic illness.…”

“…Our results stress that delirium is not confined to the elderly: seven of 20 delirious patients were less than 65 years of age (range, 32 to 64 years). Lipowski 15 , 25 has repeatedly emphasized that delirium is common even in children but has heretofore not been diagnosed.…”

Delirium: A Test of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III Criteria on Medical Inpatients

“…Our findings that 50% of the delirious patients had a neurologic illness supports the strong known association of delirium with neurologic illness 25–27 . Flint 27 found 111 of 142 delirious patients to have an underlying neurologic illness.…”

“…Our results stress that delirium is not confined to the elderly: seven of 20 delirious patients were less than 65 years of age (range, 32 to 64 years). Lipowski 15 , 25 has repeatedly emphasized that delirium is common even in children but has heretofore not been diagnosed.…”

Sequelae to pneumoencephalography

“…There was a trend for cerebral atrophy to be associated with impairment of consciousness (Table 2), but this did not reach the level of statistical significance. Lipowski (1967) has noted that, in general, there is an increased predisposition to the develop-ment of an organic brain syndrome in people aged 50 years and over and in those with cerebral damage. All of our eight patients with impairment of consciousness had one or both of these features.…”

Delirium in dementia

“…Delirium is among other things a disorder of attention, with impaired ability to select information inputs and sustain and shift attention (Lipowski, 1990). Animal studies of the brain have delineated feedback loops between the cortex, striatum and thalamus which the cortex can use to protect itself from overstimulation (Carlsson et al, 1990).…”

“…Acethylcholine is considered to play an important role in delirium. It is well known that anticholinergic agents induce delirium even in healthy subjects (Lipowski, 1990). Elderly and demented persons are even more sensitive to this eect (Sunderland et al, 1987).…”

Delirium: A Test of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III Criteria on Medical Inpatients

“…Our findings that 50% of the delirious patients had a neurologic illness supports the strong known association of delirium with neurologic illness 25–27 . Flint 27 found 111 of 142 delirious patients to have an underlying neurologic illness.…”

“…Our results stress that delirium is not confined to the elderly: seven of 20 delirious patients were less than 65 years of age (range, 32 to 64 years). Lipowski 15 , 25 has repeatedly emphasized that delirium is common even in children but has heretofore not been diagnosed.…”

Sequelae to pneumoencephalography

“…There was a trend for cerebral atrophy to be associated with impairment of consciousness (Table 2), but this did not reach the level of statistical significance. Lipowski (1967) has noted that, in general, there is an increased predisposition to the develop-ment of an organic brain syndrome in people aged 50 years and over and in those with cerebral damage. All of our eight patients with impairment of consciousness had one or both of these features.…”

Delirium in dementia

“…Delirium is among other things a disorder of attention, with impaired ability to select information inputs and sustain and shift attention (Lipowski, 1990). Animal studies of the brain have delineated feedback loops between the cortex, striatum and thalamus which the cortex can use to protect itself from overstimulation (Carlsson et al, 1990).…”

“…Acethylcholine is considered to play an important role in delirium. It is well known that anticholinergic agents induce delirium even in healthy subjects (Lipowski, 1990). Elderly and demented persons are even more sensitive to this eect (Sunderland et al, 1987).…”

Delirium: A Test of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III Criteria on Medical Inpatients

“…Our findings that 50% of the delirious patients had a neurologic illness supports the strong known association of delirium with neurologic illness 25–27 . Flint 27 found 111 of 142 delirious patients to have an underlying neurologic illness.…”

“…Our results stress that delirium is not confined to the elderly: seven of 20 delirious patients were less than 65 years of age (range, 32 to 64 years). Lipowski 15 , 25 has repeatedly emphasized that delirium is common even in children but has heretofore not been diagnosed.…”

Sequelae to pneumoencephalography

“…There was a trend for cerebral atrophy to be associated with impairment of consciousness (Table 2), but this did not reach the level of statistical significance. Lipowski (1967) has noted that, in general, there is an increased predisposition to the develop-ment of an organic brain syndrome in people aged 50 years and over and in those with cerebral damage. All of our eight patients with impairment of consciousness had one or both of these features.…”

Delirium in dementia

“…Delirium is among other things a disorder of attention, with impaired ability to select information inputs and sustain and shift attention (Lipowski, 1990). Animal studies of the brain have delineated feedback loops between the cortex, striatum and thalamus which the cortex can use to protect itself from overstimulation (Carlsson et al, 1990).…”

“…Acethylcholine is considered to play an important role in delirium. It is well known that anticholinergic agents induce delirium even in healthy subjects (Lipowski, 1990). Elderly and demented persons are even more sensitive to this eect (Sunderland et al, 1987).…”