NURSING 2LA2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Psychomotor Agitation, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, Noxious Stimulus
10 Dec 2016
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A common, life-threatening and potentially preventable clinical syndrome induced by a variety of physical causes. Often defined as an acute decline in the cognitive processes of the brain namely attention and cognition: most strongly associated with hospitalized patients who are 65 years of age or older. In north america, delirium complicated the hospital stays of approximately 20% One-year mortality rate associated with cases of delirium in the elderly is 35-40% Patients with delirium may: exhibit periods of inattention, disorganized thinking, changes in level of consciousness, disorientation, delusions, perceptual disturbances, as well as impaired memory, speech, sleep and psychomotor activity. Changes in cognitive function can fluctuate in severity throughout the day: often under-recognized and under-treated, estimated that two-thirds of patients with delirium go unreported. Ca(cid:374) (cid:271)e att(cid:396)i(cid:271)uted to (cid:271)oth the s(cid:455)(cid:374)d(cid:396)o(cid:373)e"s flu(cid:272)tuati(cid:374)g (cid:374)atu(cid:396)e a(cid:374)d the (cid:449)ide (cid:396)a(cid:374)ge of s(cid:455)(cid:373)pto(cid:373)s a(cid:374)d patie(cid:374)t (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)isti(cid:272)s associated with the syndrome.
