An elderly patient being admitted to hospital in a confused state is not uncommon. Complete the following exercise adding your work to your portfolio. There are many pathophysiologies that can result...

An elderly patient being admitted to hospital in a confused state is not uncommon. Complete the following exercise adding your work to your portfolio. There are many pathophysiologies that can result in an individual becoming acutely confused. Make a list of which conditions you think commonly afflict the elderly How can they be excluded? What tests would an infection screen involve? One common example is constipation, which can cause an otherwise healthy and coherent adult to become disorientated and irrational. Visit the following link to gain further insight into this topic: http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/id/Omega%20dying%20 decisions.pdf