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Chapter V
Delirium, not induced by alcohol and other psychoactive substances - F05
An etiologically nonspecific organic cerebral syndrome characterized by concurrent disturbances of consciousness and attention, perception, thinking, memory, psychomotor behaviour, emotion, and the sleep-wake schedule. The duration is variable and the degree of severity ranges from mild to very severe.
Includes:
- acute or subacute:
· brain syndrome
· confusional state (nonalcoholic)
· infective psychosis
· organic reaction
· psycho-organic syndrome
Excludes:
- delirium tremens, alcohol-induced or unspecified ( F10.4 )
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Delirium not superimposed on dementia, so described
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| F05.1 |
Delirium superimposed on dementia
Conditions meeting the above criteria but developing in the course of a dementia ( F00-F03 )
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Other delirium
Delirium of mixed origin
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| F05.9 |
Delirium, unspecified
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Related drugs:
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