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delirium: a standalone construct

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Geriatric medicine

an acute, fluctuating disturbance of attention and thinking, detected with a short bedside algorithm.

In geriatric medicine, delirium refers to an acute, fluctuating disturbance of attention and thinking, detected with a short bedside algorithm. This meaning comes from Inouye (1990) in Annals of Internal Medicine.[1]

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References

Inouye, S. K., van Dyck, C. H., Alessi, C. A., Balkin, S., Siegal, A. P., & Horwitz, R. I. (1990). Clarifying Confusion: The Confusion Assessment Method: A New Method for Detection of Delirium. Annals of Internal Medicine, 113(12), 941-948. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-113-12-941

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