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Postgraduate medicine · Dec 1982
Agitation in the elderly: an often-treatable manifestation of acute brain syndrome.
- R P Granacher.
- Postgrad Med. 1982 Dec 1;72(6):83-95.
AbstractAgitation in elderly patients is often caused by acute cerebral failure, more commonly called acute brain syndrome, delirium, or acute confusional state. Defects in cognition, sleep-waking cycles, and psychomotor behavior result. Careful history taking, physical examination, and laboratory testing may reveal a specific, reversible organic factor related to the acute brain syndrome. This article outlines the clues to recognizing agitation due to a cerebral failure and gives guidelines for workup and management.
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