Cerebrometabolic aspects of delirium in relationship to dementia. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Delirium is associated with decreased cerebral metabolism and with cholinergic deficiency. These deficits also occur in Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. The clinical, metabolic, and pharmacological similarities between delirium and dementia agree with the suggestion that delirium and dementia can both be thought of as forms of 'cerebral insufficiency'.

publication date

  • January 1, 1999

Research

keywords

  • Brain
  • Delirium
  • Dementia

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0032809478

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1159/000017165

PubMed ID

  • 10473934

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 10

issue

  • 5