Delirium in the primary care setting.
Delirium is a complex multifactorial neuropsychiatric syndrome with a broad range of cognitive and neurobehavioral symptoms. It is associated with major adverse events and poor outcome. Little is known about delirium in the primary care setting. A retrospective chart review was carried out for the identification of ICD-10 delirium cases presented in the regional medical office of a rural area in central Greece. Nine cases of delirium, mostly the hyperactive subtype, had been recorded. The patients tended to be elderly and suffering from dementia; infections were the underlying cause in most cases. All but one patient had been successfully treated in the primary care setting.
Department of Primary Care, General Hospital of Livadia, Livadia, Greece.
Charalampos
C
Lixouriotis
Vaios
V
Peritogiannis
D000368:Aged; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies