Delirium : Causes, Diagnosis & Treatment -- Hardback

Slater, Christopher T

Nova Science Publishers Inc（2012/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 219 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781613242940
• DDC分類 616.84

Full Description

Delirium is a neuropsychiatric syndrome defined by acute onset, fluctuating course and disturbances of consciousness, attention, orientation, memory, thought, perception and behaviour. In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of delirium, including the risk factors for developing postoperative delirium in surgical intensive care unit patients; the prevalence, epidemiology and risk factors of delirium in elderly medical inpatients; the relationship between brain disease and neurotransmitter systems in the pathophysiology of delirium; white matter changes in delirium and the association of apolipoprotein E and delirium.

Contents

Preface; Postoperative DeliriumEtiological Factor, & Neurological Mechanisms of Psychotic Symptoms; Prevalence, Incidence (Epidemiology) & Associations (Risk Factors) of Delirium in Elderly Medical Inpatients; The Delirium As the Reconstruction of the Relationship to the World; Risk Factors for Developing Postoperative Delirium in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients: The Role of Repeated Preoperative Surgeries; Delirium in Neurological Patients; White Matter Changes in Critical Illness & Delirium; A Review of the Association of Apoprotein E & Delirium; Index.NER(01): GB IE