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Delirium : Complications

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Complications List

Complications could include:
  • Impaired Self-Care
  • Loss of Ability to Interact with Others

Complications Overview Articles

Delirium
Persons with delirium usually have a worse prognosis for the underlying disease than the person without delirium. Nonetheless, those without terminal illness usually recover from delirium.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Delirium
If a quick diagnosis and treatment of delirium occurs, the condition is frequently reversible. However, if the condition goes unchecked or is treated too late, there is a high incidence of mortality or permanent brain damage associated with it.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

Specific Complications Articles

Coma
Coma, from the Greek word"koma," meaning deep sleep, is a state of extreme unresponsiveness, in which an individual exhibits no voluntary movement or behavior. Furthermore, in a deep coma, even painful stimuli(actions which, when performed on a he...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Coma
Coma, from the Greek word koma, meaning deep sleep, is a state of extreme unresponsiveness, in which an individual exhibits no voluntary movement or behavior. Furthermore, in a deep coma, even painful stimuli(actions which, when performed on a hea...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Self-Care Behavior
Self-care behavior, a key concept in health promotion, refers to decisions and actions that an individual can take to cope with a health problem or to improve his or her health. Examples of self-care behaviors include seeking information(e.g., rea...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Communication skills and disorders
Communication skills are the skills needed to use language(spoken, written, signed, or otherwise communicated) to interact with others, and communication disorders are problems related to the development of these skills.Language employs symbols...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Communication Skills and Disorders
The skills needed to use language(spoken, written, signed, or otherwise communicated) to interact with others, and problems related to the development of these skills.Experts in child development generally agree that all babies develop skills for ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
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