Delirium may cause rapid cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
Monday, May 4, 2009 - 15:49
in Health & Medicine
Alzheimer's disease patients who develop delirium, a sudden state of severe confusion and disorientation, are significantly more likely to experience rapid cognitive decline than Alzheimer's patients who didn't experience delirium, according to research published in the May 5, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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