| DRIP | delirium and drugs-restricted mobility and retention-infection, inflammation and impaction-polyuria ... |
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| DT | defibillation threshold; delirium tremens; dental technician; depression of transmission; dietetic [... |
| DT's | delirium tremens |
| ECG | Electro-Cardio-Graphy(-Gram); 심전도 = EKG 1. Conducting System Structu... |
| CIC | cardioinhibitor center; circulating immune complex; clean intermittent catheterization; completely i... |
| IDV-G | initial distribution volume of glucose |
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| I.S. | initial segment |
| senile delirium | Delirium associated with senile dementia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| delirium | <neurology, psychiatry> An acute, reversible organic mental disorder characterised by reduced ability to maintain attention to external stimuli and disorganised thinking as manifested by rambling, irrelevant or incoherent speech. There are also a reduced level of consciousness, sensory misperceptions, disturbance of the sleep wakefulness cycle and level of psychomotor activity, disorientation to time, place or person and memory impairment. Delirium may be caused by a large number of conditions resulting in derangement of cerebral metabolism, including systemic infection, poisoning, drug intoxication or withdrawal, seizures or head trauma and metabolic disturbances such as hypoxia, hypoglycaemia, fluid, electrolyte or acid base imbalances or hepatic or renal failure. Synonym: acute confusional state, acute brain syndrome. Origin: L. Lira = furrow or track, i.e., off the track (13 Nov 1997) |
| delirium cordis | An obsolete term for atrial fibrillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delirium, dementia, amnestic, cognitive disorders | Cognitive disorders including delirium, dementia, and other cognitive disorders. These may be the result of substance use, trauma, or other causes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| delirium mussitans | Delirium common in low fevers in which the subject is unconscious, but constantly mutters incoherently. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delirium tremens | A form of acute organic brain syndrome due to alcohol withdrawal, characterised by sweating, tremor, dyspepsia, restlessness, tachycardia, fever, anxiety, chest pains, mental confusion and hallucinations (often tactile----bugs crawling on me) (27 Sep 1997) |
| toxic delirium | Delirium caused by the action of a poison. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low delirium | Delirium in which there is little excitement, either mental or motor, the ideas being confused and incoherent, but following each other slowly. (05 Mar 2000) |