Tag: delirium

Delirium and Psychotic Symptoms Associated with Hyperglycemia in a Patient with Poorly controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
By Rui Lopes, MD, and Bernardo Dias Pereira, MD Dr. Lopes is with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Porto in Porto, Portugal. Dr. Pereira is with the Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition at the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada in Azores, Portugal, and the Pre-clinical Section of the Medicine […]

Differential Diagnoses: Delirium or Dementia?
by Steven Lippmann, MD, and Malathi Latha Perugula, MD The authors are from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2016;13(9–10):56–57. This column series compares neurological conditions that pose differential challenges in diagnoses. Funding: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. […]

Letter to the editor: Diagnosing Disorder of Consciousness: The Opening of Pandora’s Box!
Dear Editor: Consciousness is a multifaceted concept that has two major components: awareness of environment of self (i.e., the content of consciousness) and wakefulness (i.e., the level of consciousness). Whereas the level of arousal reflects the overall state of activity in the brain, conscious awareness is a more dynamic and complex process involving various cerebral […]

Thiamine Deficiency and Delirium
by Kenneth Osiezagha, MD; Shahid Ali, MD; C. Freeman, MD; Narviar C. Barker, PhD; Shagufta Jabeen, MD; Sarbani Maitra, MD; Yetunde Olagbemiro, MD; William Richie, MD, FAPA; and Rahn K. Bailey, MD, FAPA All authors are from Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2013;10(4):26–32

Neuroimaging in Delirious Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Preliminary Case Series Report
There exists uncertainty regarding the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of intensive care unit delirious patients. This case series describes preliminary magnetic resonance imaging findings obtained because of delirium, subsequent in-hospital clinical decisions, and post-discharge neurocognitive outcomes in intensive care unit survivors.
Capgras Syndrome in Postictal Delirium
by Devavrat Joshi, Md; Sharad Koirala, MD; Sachin Lamichhane, MD; Anubha Paladugu, MD; Rupinder Johal, MD; and Steven Lippmann, MD Drs. Joshi, Koirala, and Lamichhane are from the Mental Hospital in Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal. Drs. Paladugu, Johal, and Lippmann are from University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Louisville, Kentucky. […]

When Should Brain Imaging be Performed? A Case Report of Caudate Nucleus Infarct
by Sangsoo Lee, MD; Dae Yoon Kim, MD; Jung Soo Kim, MD; Sainath Manda, MD; Lilia Danilov, MD; Mostafa El-Refai, MD; and Steven Lippmann, MD Dr. Lee is from the Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Gangneung Hospital, South Korea; Dr. DY Kim is from the Department of Radiology, Armed Forces Gangneung Hospital, South Korea; Dr. […]

Delirium and Antipsychotics: A Systematic Review of Epidemiology and Somatic Treatment Options
by Joseph D. Markowitz, MD, and Meera Narasimhan, MD Dr. Markowitz is Attending Psychiatrist at the James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; and Dr. Narasimhan is Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.