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Un médico debe evaluar cualquier tipo de cambios de comportamientos y personalidad inusuales. Los tratamientos se basan en las siguientes causas de delirio:
Programe una cita con su médico de cabecera o con un médico que trate trastornos del sistema nervioso (neurólogo) si:
El médico elaborará la historia clínica del paciente y realizará un examen físico, el cual probablemente incluya una evaluación detallada del sistema nervioso (evaluación neurológica).
Las preguntas de la historia clínica pueden ser:
Se pueden realizar los siguientes exámenes:
Inouye SK. Delirium and other mental status problems in the older patient. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 26.
Knopman DS. Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 425.
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