Socijalna psihijatrija, Vol. 44 No. 2, 2016.
Pregledni rad
Delirium superimposed on dementia Σ clinical picture and recommendations for treatment
Dijana Lucijanić
; Neuropsihijatrijska bolnica „Dr Ivan Barbot“, Popovača
Marija Kušan Jukić
; Nastavni zavod za javno zdravstvo „Dr. Andrija Štampar“
Ninoslav Mimica
; Klinika za psihijatriju Vrapče, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
This article reviews the recent literature about delirium superimposed on dementia, including current
knowledge about pathophysiology and the discussion on current recommendations that are used in
diagnosing and treating delirium. Delirium is a syndrome occurring in all age groups at different hospital
wards, and is most common in the intensive care units. In psychiatry, it is most relevant to older patients
with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia. Always intriguing, traddling the borders of somatic medicine,
neurology and psychiatry, delirium is a phenomenon occurring abruptly, with a dramatic clinical picture, and
committing us to quick reaction, recognition and treatment at the hospital ward. In this article, because of
the broadness of the topic, we will focus on diagnosis and treatment of delirium within geriatric psychiatric
patients suffering from dementia.
Ključne riječi
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162826
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Datum izdavanja:
3.6.2016.
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