Delirium

Question 1

Common settings, causes and people?

Answer 1

Common in emergency rooms, infection is common cause and easily produced in people who already jave a chronic brain dysfunction

Question 2

Signs of Delirium:

Answer 2

• confusion
• restlessness
• being upset
• not making sense
• seeing/hearing things
• mixing up days and nights
• drifting between sleep and awake
• trouble concentrating
• forgetting
• disorientation
• sleepy
• more alert than usual

Question 3

Causes for Delirium?

Answer 3

• infections
• pain
• poisons (toxic drugs)
• brain injuries
• medication (side effects)
• surgery (hospital stay, move)
• poor fitting (hearing aids, glasses, sences)
• traumatic shock
• severe lack of food, water and sleep
• withdrawl from drug dependance
• love vitamin B12

Question 4

What is Delirium?

Answer 4

A set of symptoms called a syndrome. May be caused by:
-severe physical illness or any process interfering with normal brain function. It can mimic mental illnesses but usually has a short duration.

Question 5

Treatment for Delirium:

Answer 5

• notice signs and symptoms
• know medical history
• physical exams
• know their usual routine, thinking ability ect..
• treat underlying cause
• figure out cause ASAP
• it usually clears after days-weeks