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Altered Mental Status

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Altered mental status encompasses a variety of clinical syndromes including delirium, coma, and psychiatric disorders.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore, 560034, India

    Shakuntala Murty MD, MRCP, FACEE

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  1. PushpagiriMedical College Hospital, Kerala, India

    Suresh S David

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Murty, S. (2016). Altered Mental Status. In: David, S. (eds) Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2710-6_55

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