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Delirium, stato confusionale acuto

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Diversi termini vengono comunemente utilizzati, a seconda delle situazioni cliniche, per indicare un’alterazione acuta delle funzioni cognitive e del livello di vigilanza: stato confusionale acuto, agitazione, deficit cognitivo acuto o, termine derivato dall’uso anglosassone, “delirium”. Lo stato confusionale acuto o delirium è la forma più frequente di alterazione del livello di coscienza che può precedere stati più gravi, come lo stupor e il coma, a seconda della reversibilità e della gravità della causa efficiente.

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    Marco Bosisio

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    Augusto Caraceni

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Bosisio, M., Caraceni, A. (2006). Delirium, stato confusionale acuto. In: Le complicazioni neurologiche in oncologia. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0440-5_17

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