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Differentiating Behavioral Disturbances of Dementia From Symptoms of Delirium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Jay S. Luxenberg
Jay S. Luxenberg
Affiliation:
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
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Delirium is a recognized cause of behavioral disturbances of dementia. Yet the proportion of cases of behavioral disturbances resulting from delirium is difficult to determine. In many epidemiologic studies, delirium is excluded as a causal factor. In the few studies that describe delirium as an underlying cause of behavioral disturbances, the mechanism by which delirium is diagnosed and the extent of the diagnostic workup are rarely delineated.

Type
Clinical Perspectives: What Should We Be Studying?
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 8 , Issue S3 , May 1997 , pp. 425 - 427
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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