Refractory Hyperactive Delirium Without Intravenous Access: A Case Report

Refractory delirium is a complex, often underdiagnosed, and difficult-to-treat phenomenon. It poses significant challenges to healthcare providers, especially in patients without prior intravenous access. In extreme cases, anesthetic management may be needed to treat refractory delirium. Here, we pr...

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Autores principales: Sun, George, Acharya, Vasundhara, Min, Kevin J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Anesthesiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10590167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37868516
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45694
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description Refractory delirium is a complex, often underdiagnosed, and difficult-to-treat phenomenon. It poses significant challenges to healthcare providers, especially in patients without prior intravenous access. In extreme cases, anesthetic management may be needed to treat refractory delirium. Here, we present a unique case of postoperative hyperactive refractory delirium in a patient without intravenous access, ultimately requiring anesthetic management for resolution.
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spelling pubmed-105901672023-10-22 Refractory Hyperactive Delirium Without Intravenous Access: A Case Report Sun, George Acharya, Vasundhara Min, Kevin J Cureus Anesthesiology Refractory delirium is a complex, often underdiagnosed, and difficult-to-treat phenomenon. It poses significant challenges to healthcare providers, especially in patients without prior intravenous access. In extreme cases, anesthetic management may be needed to treat refractory delirium. Here, we present a unique case of postoperative hyperactive refractory delirium in a patient without intravenous access, ultimately requiring anesthetic management for resolution. Cureus 2023-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10590167/ /pubmed/37868516 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45694 Text en Copyright © 2023, Sun et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Refractory Hyperactive Delirium Without Intravenous Access: A Case Report
title Refractory Hyperactive Delirium Without Intravenous Access: A Case Report
title_full Refractory Hyperactive Delirium Without Intravenous Access: A Case Report
title_fullStr Refractory Hyperactive Delirium Without Intravenous Access: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Refractory Hyperactive Delirium Without Intravenous Access: A Case Report
title_short Refractory Hyperactive Delirium Without Intravenous Access: A Case Report
title_sort refractory hyperactive delirium without intravenous access: a case report
topic Anesthesiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10590167/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45694
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