Case Reports
Prolonged Delirium in a Tertiary care psychiatry unit in Sri Lanka
Authors:
Miyuru Chandradasa ,
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, LK
Madushi Rowel,
Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka, LK
Layani Champika,
Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka, LK
Shehan Williams
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, LK
Abstract
Summary: Persistent delirium is not an uncommon entity in acute clinical settings. It is unrecognized in certain situations and is associated with higher mortality and morbidity. Further, clinicians are impatient for the patients to recover as soon as the underlying medical conditions are treated. This may often be not the case in delirium. Here we report two patients presenting within the same month with prolonged delirium.
How to Cite:
Chandradasa, M., Rowel, M., Champika, L. and Williams, S., 2016. Prolonged Delirium in a Tertiary care psychiatry unit in Sri Lanka. Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, 3, pp.E28:1–5. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jpgim.8092
Published on
01 Sep 2016.
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