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Delirium – a clinical overview

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2007

Susan White  and
Antony Bayer
Susan White*
Affiliation:
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cardiff University, Wales
Antony Bayer
Affiliation:
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cardiff University, Wales
*
Address for correspondence: Dr. Susan White, 3rd Floor, Academic Centre, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, CF64 2XX, Wales, UK.
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Delirium is a disorder characterized by a fluctuating disturbance of consciousness and attention, with changes in cognition or perception, which develops over a short period of time and is attributable to an underlying physical cause. It is often accompanied by disturbance of the sleep-wake cycle and altered psychomotor behaviour.

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Neuropsychiatry of old age
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 45 - 62
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