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Descriptor English: Delirium
Descriptor Spanish: Delirio
Descriptor delirio confusional
Entry term(s) delirium
síndrome confusional agudo
Scope note: Trastorno que se caracteriza por CONFUSIÓN, falta de atención, desorientación, ILUSIONES, ALUCINACIONES, agitación y, en algunos casos, hiperactividad del sistema nervioso autónomo. Puede producirse por afecciones tóxico/metabólicas o lesiones estructurales del cerebro. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp411-2)
Descriptor Portuguese: Delírio
Descriptor French: Délire avec confusion
Entry term(s): Delirium of Mixed Origin
Delirium, Subacute
Deliriums, Subacute
Mixed Origin Delirium
Mixed Origin Deliriums
Subacute Delirium
Subacute Deliriums
Tree number(s): C10.597.606.337.500
C23.888.592.604.339.500
F01.700.250.500
F03.615.350
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003693
Scope note: A disorder characterized by CONFUSION; inattentiveness; disorientation; ILLUSIONS; HALLUCINATIONS; agitation; and in some instances autonomic nervous system overactivity. It may result from toxic/metabolic conditions or structural brain lesions. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp411-2)
Annotation: this is not the French "délire" ( = DELUSIONS)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
DeCS ID: 3707
Unique ID: D003693
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/30
Delirium - Preferred
Concept UI M0005774
Scope note A disorder characterized by CONFUSION; inattentiveness; disorientation; ILLUSIONS; HALLUCINATIONS; agitation; and in some instances autonomic nervous system overactivity. It may result from toxic/metabolic conditions or structural brain lesions. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp411-2)
Preferred term Delirium
Subacute Delirium - Narrower
Concept UI M0337392
Preferred term Subacute Delirium
Entry term(s) Delirium, Subacute
Deliriums, Subacute
Subacute Deliriums
Delirium of Mixed Origin - Narrower
Concept UI M0337391
Preferred term Delirium of Mixed Origin
Entry term(s) Mixed Origin Delirium
Mixed Origin Deliriums



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