New horizons: disrupted brain energy metabolism as a driver of delirium.

Delirium is a highly prevalent neuropsychiatric syndrome characterised by acute inattention, altered arousal and impaired cognition. Cerebral energy insufficiency is hypothesised to drive delirium and both hypoglycaemia and hypoxia can directly precipitate functional deficits and EEG slowing. Here w...

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