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The diagnosis of delirium in 80 emergency unit patients
Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 56(2): 176-83, jun. 1998. tab
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-212806
ABSTRACT
We evaluated the initial and final diagnosis of 80 patients with delirium arriving at the emergence unit of a university hospital in a large Brazilian city over a period of 30 months up to December 1991. The diagnosis was based on the DSM-IIIR criteria. Patients with a known history of head trauma or epileptic seizure and patients younger than 13 years were excluded. Only patients with a disease of up to 7 days were included. The patients were subdivided into four etiologic groups vascular, associated with the use of alcohol; infectious-parasitic; miscellaneous. The results showed a rate of correct diagnosis ranging from 65 to 80 percent with the use of kappa test (standard good to excelent). Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive and negative predictive values had results showing different conditions for intial diagnosis in each group. This study can help the initial diagnosis of delirium and the choice for diagnostic testing.
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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: LILACS (Américas) Assunto principal: Delírio Tipo de estudo: Estudo diagnóstico / Estudo de etiologia / Estudo prognóstico Limite: Adolescente / Adulto / Feminino / Humanos / Masculino Idioma: Inglês Revista: Arq. neuropsiquiatr Assunto da revista: Neurologia / Psiquiatria Ano de publicação: 1998 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: LILACS (Américas) Assunto principal: Delírio Tipo de estudo: Estudo diagnóstico / Estudo de etiologia / Estudo prognóstico Limite: Adolescente / Adulto / Feminino / Humanos / Masculino Idioma: Inglês Revista: Arq. neuropsiquiatr Assunto da revista: Neurologia / Psiquiatria Ano de publicação: 1998 Tipo de documento: Artigo