delirium

Medical term Patient Preparation

Sudden, often reversible confusion. A delirious patient may not give reliable identifiers, so a nurse or guardian confirms identity; document who confirmed it.

Sources

• Fundamentals of Nursing, Chapter 41 Key Terms · OpenStax
• Nikolac N, Supak-Smolcic V, Simundic AM, Celap I. Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: national recommendations for venous blood sampling (based on CLSI H3-A6). Biochem Med 2013;23(3):242-254 (PMC3900082) · Biochemia Medica via PubMed Central

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