TY - JOUR
T1 - The many faces of confusion
T2 - Timing and collateral history often hold the key to diagnosis
AU - Bostwick, J. M.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Recognition of a patient's state of confusion is only the beginning of a clinical odyssey that can implicate a huge spectrum of diagnostic possibilities. Among these are delirium, depression, dementia, and sensory deprivation. However, with appropriate physical examination and laboratory studies, collateral history, and clarification of time course for the symptom complex, the cause of confusion need not remain confusing.
AB - Recognition of a patient's state of confusion is only the beginning of a clinical odyssey that can implicate a huge spectrum of diagnostic possibilities. Among these are delirium, depression, dementia, and sensory deprivation. However, with appropriate physical examination and laboratory studies, collateral history, and clarification of time course for the symptom complex, the cause of confusion need not remain confusing.
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U2 - 10.3810/pgm.2000.11.1288
DO - 10.3810/pgm.2000.11.1288
M3 - Article
C2 - 11098259
AN - SCOPUS:0033740917
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 108
SP - 60-62+65-66+71-72
JO - Postgraduate medicine
JF - Postgraduate medicine
IS - 6
ER -