title: Recurrent  delirium caused by concealed Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in a  77 year old woman.
abstract: "Admission for social reasons" and "causa socialis" are terms often used to describe hospitalisations that are assumed to be unnecessary. However, a thorough assessment of so-called unnecessarily admitted patients may often reveal medical causes that are both serious and curable.
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, Volda Hospital, Norway. marja.liisa.lillebo@helse-sunnmore.no
authors.forename: Marja-Liisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lillebø
authors.forename: Helge Ose
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Velle
authors.forename: Torgeir Bruun
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Wyller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission; D012008:Recurrence; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology