Delirium: An Acute Confusional State

Authors: Shoukat M and Iqbal RK*

DOI: 10.23880/aabsc-16000132

Volume 2, Issue 1

Abstract

Delirium is a frequent ineffectiveness in brain functioning. It is a disturbance in attention and awareness that develops over a short period of time and it is a neurocognitive disorder. Delirium provides an idiosyncratic chance for a better understanding of the neurocognitive reserve. Acute illness considered as a basis of delirium and it is usually activated by head trauma and recent surgeries. Delirium like dementia is clearly remarkable by a general disability in which a condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical and mental unfitness. It has also been observed that delirium can increase the rate of development of dementia. Unfortunately, the development of delirium or acute brain dysfunction is considered a non-essential component of a critical or unfavorable disease. The agitation and inactivity that is occurred in a delirium can increase the risk or danger of complications. Delirium is a major cause and the problem of hospitalization and should be considered a medical crisis. For these reasons its identification, prescription, and effective treatment are essential. For delirium treatment, the most common antipsychotic drugs are used. Emerging pharmacological strategies which include various antipsychotics drugs for addressing delirium should be combined with non-pharmacological approaches which are designed as a first line interventions.

Keywords: Delirium; Mental Disorder; Cognitive State; Prevention; Dementia

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