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Updated nomenclature of delirium and acute encephalopathy: statement of ten Societies

Authors: Arjen J. C. Slooter, Wim M. Otte, John W. Devlin, Rakesh C. Arora, Thomas P. Bleck, Jan Claassen, Matthew S. Duprey, E. Wesley Ely, Peter W. Kaplan, Nicola Latronico, Alessandro Morandi, Karin J. Neufeld, Tarek Sharshar, Alasdair M. J. MacLullich, Robert D. Stevens

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 5/2020

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Patients with an acute illness frequently acquire an acute, global disturbance in cognition variably referred to as delirium, encephalopathy, acute confusional state, acute brain dysfunction, acute brain failure, and altered mental status [1]. Although these different terms may have been perceived as distinct clinical entities [2], evidence to support such distinctions is lacking. …

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Title: Updated nomenclature of delirium and acute encephalopathy: statement of ten Societies
Authors: Arjen J. C. Slooter
Wim M. Otte
John W. Devlin
Rakesh C. Arora
Thomas P. Bleck
Jan Claassen
Matthew S. Duprey
E. Wesley Ely
Peter W. Kaplan
Nicola Latronico
Alessandro Morandi
Karin J. Neufeld
Tarek Sharshar
Alasdair M. J. MacLullich
Robert D. Stevens
Publication date: 01-05-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Coma
Encephalopathy
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 5/2020
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05907-4

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