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"Delirium derives from the Latin “de lira,” or “off the tracks.”"

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"Delirium derives from the Latin “de lira,” or “off the tracks.”"

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"The number of synonyms for delirium is bewildering ⁶, and includes more modern terms, e.g. acute brain failure, acute brain syndrome, acute brain dysfunction, archaic terms, such as a dysergastic reaction, terms with a more psychiatric flavour, for example, exogenous psychosis, and those from a geriatric perspective, like pseudosenility or subacute befuddlement."

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"The number of synonyms for delirium is bewildering ⁶, and includes more modern terms, e.g. acute brain failure, acute brain syndrome, acute brain dysfunction, archaic terms, such as a dysergastic reaction, terms with a more psychiatric flavour, for example, exogenous psychosis, and those from a geriatric perspective, like pseudosenility or subacute befuddlement."

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H1 Terminology
H1 Usage
H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
H2 Associations
H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
H1 Diagnosis
H2 Diagnostic criteria
H2 Diagnostic clues
H1 Pathology
H2 Aetiology
H2 Location
H2 Classification
H2 Macroscopic appearance
H2 Microscopic appearance
H2 Immunophenotype
H2 Markers
H2 Genetics
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Mammography
H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H3 Dual-energy CT
H2 Angiography (DSA)
H2 MRI
H2 CT/MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H3 PET-CT
H3 PET-MRI
H1 Radiology report
H1 Treatment and prognosis
H2 Complications
H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

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"Hypoactive"

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"Host factors"

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"Acute disease"

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"Iatrogenic/environmental factors"

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"Delirium, also known as acute brain failure, is an acute syndrome characterised by impaired intellect, awareness and concentration. Typically, the cognitive impairment fluctuates throughout the day. In contrast to dementia, delirium tends to be reversible."

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Commas

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"The number of synonyms for delirium is bewildering ⁶, and includes more modern terms, e.g. acute brain failure, acute brain syndrome, acute brain dysfunction, archaic terms, such as a dysergastic reaction, terms with a more psychiatric flavour, for example, exogenous psychosis, and those from a geriatric perspective, like pseudosenility or subacute befuddlement."

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"Other synonyms include acute cerebral insufficiency, acute mental status change, acute organic psychosis, acute organic reaction, acute confusional state, acute confusion, acute organic syndrome, agitated confusional state, altered mental status, cerebral insufficiency syndrome, metabolic encephalopathy, reversible cognitive dysfunction, reversible dementia, reversible toxic psychosis, toxic confusional state, toxic delirious reaction, toxic encephalopathy, toxic-metabolic encephalopathy and toxic psychosis."

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Inline EG

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"disturbance can be linked to a physical illness, medication side-effect or substance toxicity/withdrawal (e.g. alcohol)"

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