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Delirium MRI

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Zand, M.D.[2] Vishal Khurana, M.B.B.S., M.D. [3]

Overview

Overview

Brain MRI is valuable tool for diagnosis the underlying cause of delirium when the brain CT scan findings are not informative. The most common finding on brain MRI that was missed by brain CT scan was ischemia.

MRI

MRI

References

References

  1. Hijazi, Zina; Lange, Peter; Watson, Rosie; Maier, Andrea B. (2018). “The use of cerebral imaging for investigating delirium aetiology”. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 52: 35–39. doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2018.01.024. ISSN 0953-6205.

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