Medical Mnemonics
Causes of delirium
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🅘nfectious (encephalitis, meningitis, UTI)
🅦ithdrawal (alcohol, benzodiazepines)
🅐cute metabolic disorder (electrolyte imbalance)
🅣rauma (head injury, postoperative)
🅒NS pathology (stroke, hemorrhage, tumor)
🅗ypoxia (anemia, cardiac failure)
🅓eficiencies (vitamin B12, folic acid, thiamine)
🅔ndocrinopathies (thyroid, glucose)
🅐cute vascular (shock, vasculitis,
hypertension)
🅣oxins, substance use, medications
🅗eavy metals (arsenic, lead, mercury)
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Medical Mnemonics