POST - CATARACTOMY DELIRIUM : A TWO YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY

A two year prospective study of 221 consecutive inpatients undergoing cataractomy revealed the incidence of post-cataractomy delirium to be 1.8%. While in one case the delirium was due to anticholinergic toxicity, in the remaining three cases no organic cause was evident. Sensory deprivation was pre...

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Autores principales: Chaudhury, S., Mahar, R.S., Augustine, M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2981051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21776117
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description A two year prospective study of 221 consecutive inpatients undergoing cataractomy revealed the incidence of post-cataractomy delirium to be 1.8%. While in one case the delirium was due to anticholinergic toxicity, in the remaining three cases no organic cause was evident. Sensory deprivation was present in two patients. Preventive measures for the condition are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-29810512011-07-20 POST - CATARACTOMY DELIRIUM : A TWO YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY Chaudhury, S. Mahar, R.S. Augustine, M. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article A two year prospective study of 221 consecutive inpatients undergoing cataractomy revealed the incidence of post-cataractomy delirium to be 1.8%. While in one case the delirium was due to anticholinergic toxicity, in the remaining three cases no organic cause was evident. Sensory deprivation was present in two patients. Preventive measures for the condition are discussed. Medknow Publications 1992 /pmc/articles/PMC2981051/ /pubmed/21776117 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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POST - CATARACTOMY DELIRIUM : A TWO YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY
title POST - CATARACTOMY DELIRIUM : A TWO YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY
title_full POST - CATARACTOMY DELIRIUM : A TWO YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY
title_fullStr POST - CATARACTOMY DELIRIUM : A TWO YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY
title_full_unstemmed POST - CATARACTOMY DELIRIUM : A TWO YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY
title_short POST - CATARACTOMY DELIRIUM : A TWO YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY
title_sort post - cataractomy delirium : a two year prospective study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2981051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21776117
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