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What is delirium attributed to?
What is delirium attributed to?
- Direct physiological consequence of a medical condition (correct)
- Psychological trauma
- Inherited genetic factors
- Long-term environmental exposure
Which of the following is not a disturbance associated with delirium?
Which of the following is not a disturbance associated with delirium?
- Disturbances in attention
- Changes in hair color (correct)
- Perceptual disturbances
- Disturbances of consciousness
What does delirium encompass diagnostically?
What does delirium encompass diagnostically?
- The syndrome of acute confusion and its underlying organic process known as an acute encephalopathy (correct)
- The syndrome of chronic confusion
- Only the syndrome of acute confusion
- Only the underlying organic process known as an acute encephalopathy
What can be a cause of delirium outside the brain?
What can be a cause of delirium outside the brain?
What can result in delirium according to the text?
What can result in delirium according to the text?
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