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    A temporary mental state characterized by confusion, anxiety, incoherent speech, and hallucinations.

    Common Causes

    Delirium is not always related to an underlying condition. It may be caused by:

    • Fever
    • Intoxication
    • Certain medications
    • Sleep deprivation
    • Emotional distress
    Related Conditions
    Sometimes delirium may signify an underlying health condition. These conditions include:

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    What is delirium syndrome?
    StatPearls [Internet]. María de Lourdes Ramírez Echeverría; Caroline Schoo; Manju Paul. Last Update: November 19, 2022. Delirium is a clinical syndrome that usually develops in the elderly. It is characterized by an alteration of attention, consciousness, and cognition, with a reduced ability to focus, sustain or shift attention.
    Is Delirium a mental disorder?
    Delirium is one of the oldest forms of mental disorder known in medical history. The Roman author Aulus Cornelius Celsus used the term to describe mental disturbance from head trauma or fever in his work De Medicina. Sims (1995, p.
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    de·lir·i·um
    [dəˈlirēəm]
    noun
    delirium (noun) · deliriums (plural noun)
    1. a disturbed state of mind or consciousness, especially an acute, transient condition associated with fever, intoxication, and certain other physical disorders, characterized by symptoms such as confusion, disorientation, agitation, and hallucinations:
      "somewhere a patient shouted in delirium" · "she had fits of delirium"
    Origin
    mid 16th century: from Latin, from delirare ‘deviate, be deranged’ (literally ‘deviate from the furrow’), from de- ‘away’ + lira ‘ridge between furrows’.
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