Recurrent delirium caused by concealed Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in a 77 year old woman

Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2012 Feb 21;132(4):426-9. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.11.0119.
[Article in English, Norwegian]

Abstract

"Admission for social reasons" and "causa socialis" are terms often used to describe hospitalisations that are assumed to be unnecessary. However, a thorough assessment of so-called unnecessarily admitted patients may often reveal medical causes that are both serious and curable.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Delirium / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Patient Admission
  • Recurrence
  • Tachycardia, Supraventricular / diagnosis
  • Unnecessary Procedures
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / psychology