Diseases

Confusion

A mental state characterized by bewilderment, emotional disturbance, lack of clear thinking, and perceptual disorientation.

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Abstract

A mental state characterized by bewilderment, emotional disturbance, lack of clear thinking, and perceptual disorientation.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Confusional State
  • Confusional States
  • State, Confusional
  • States, Confusional
  • Bewilderment
  • Confusion, Post-Ictal
  • Confusion, Reactive
  • Disorientation
  • Confusion, Post Ictal
  • Post-Ictal Confusion
  • Reactive Confusion

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

91(75); was see under COGNITION DISORDERS 1975-90

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NLM Classification

WL 340.1

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Confusion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003221. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003221
  2. Confusion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confusion
  3. Confusion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557945