"Confusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A mental state characterized by bewilderment, emotional disturbance, lack of clear thinking, and perceptual disorientation.
| Descriptor ID |
D003221
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.606.337 C23.888.592.604.339 F01.700.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Confusion- Confusion
- Confusional State
- Confusional States
- State, Confusional
- States, Confusional
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Confusion" by people in Profiles.
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van Sleuwen M, Sun H, Eckhardt C, Neelagiri A, Tesh RA, Westmeijer M, Paixao L, Rajan S, Velpula Krishnamurthy P, Sikka P, Leone MJ, Panneerselvam E, Quadri SA, Akeju O, Kimchi EY, Westover MB. Physiological Assessment of Delirium Severity: The Electroencephalographic Confusion Assessment Method Severity Score (E-CAM-S). Crit Care Med. 2022 01 01; 50(1):e11-e19.
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Rossi KC, Brandstadter R, Fields MC, Shin S. Author response: Clinical Reasoning: A 54-year-old woman with confusion and visual disturbances. Neurology. 2019 06 11; 92(24):1166.
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Rossi KC, Brandstadter R, Fields MC, Leong J, Shin S. Clinical Reasoning: A 54-year-old woman with confusion and visual disturbances. Neurology. 2018 08 21; 91(8):363-367.
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Turner PL, Barry KA. Alirocumab (Praluent) for Treatment of Hyperlipidemia. Am Fam Physician. 2016 Aug 15; 94(4):310-1.
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Gemme S, Jay G, Binder W. An Electrical Burn. R I Med J (2013). 2015 Jul 01; 98(7):42-4.
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Slutzman JE, Curley DP, Macias-Konstantopoulos W, Brown DF. Altered mental status and tachycardia. J Emerg Med. 2015 May; 48(5):597-602.
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Malik S, Russman AN, Katramados AM, Silver B, Mitsias PD. Moyamoya syndrome associated with Graves' disease: a case report and review of the literature. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011 Nov; 20(6):528-36.
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Burns JD, Kosa SC, Wijdicks EF. Central pontine myelinolysis in a patient with hyperosmolar hyperglycemia and consistently normal serum sodium. Neurocrit Care. 2009; 11(2):251-4.
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Wei LA, Fearing MA, Sternberg EJ, Inouye SK. The Confusion Assessment Method: a systematic review of current usage. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 May; 56(5):823-30.
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Dosa D, Intrator O, McNicoll L, Cang Y, Teno J. Preliminary derivation of a Nursing Home Confusion Assessment Method based on data from the Minimum Data Set. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Jul; 55(7):1099-105.