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Allder told Medical News Today that the findings should reassure older adults, adding: “The study clearly shows that antibiotic use does not increase the risk of cognitive impairment or dementia ...
Delirium (formerly acute confusional state, an ambiguous term that is now discouraged) [1] is a specific state of acute confusion attributable to the direct physiological consequence of a medical condition, effects of a psychoactive substance, or multiple causes, which usually develops over the course of hours to days.
In medicine, confusion is the quality or state of being bewildered or unclear. The term "acute mental confusion" [ 1 ] is often used interchangeably with delirium [ 2 ] in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and the Medical Subject Headings publications to describe the pathology .
The virus causing cold sores may also be linked to Alzheimer’s risk, a new study suggests. Image credit: alvaro gonzalez/Getty Images. This article originally appeared on Medical News Today
PRES usually has an acute onset. Most people with PRES experience headaches and seizures; many also experience visual changes, confusion, drowsiness, weakness of the arm and/or leg on one side of the body (hemiplegia), difficulty speaking, or, more rarely, other neurological symptoms. Some people with PRES may experience coma. [2]
Based on the findings of a recent study, which found that a select group of elite runners could live around five years longer on average than the general population, Medical News Today editors ...
The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is a diagnostic tool developed to allow physicians and nurses to identify delirium in the healthcare setting. [1] It was designed to be brief (less than 5 minutes to perform) and based on criteria from the third edition-revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R) .
Corresponding author Shria Kumar, MD, MSCE, gastroenterologist and clinical epidemiologist at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, explained the findings of this new study to Medical News Today.