How To Use Delirium In A Sentence

However, the presentation of delirium is the same regardless of whether dementia is present because symptoms of delirium will dominate when they co-occur.
Your only comfort lay in the forced reflection, that, real as he looked, the poor caitiff was but imaginary, a bit of painted canvass, whom no delirium tremens, nor so much as a retributive headache, awaited, on the morrow.
Neurologic consultation can help establish a differential diagnosis in patients with delirium.
This, notwithstanding the dash of falsehood which may exist in Werter itself, and the boundless delirium of extravagance which it called forth in others, is a high praise which cannot justly be denied it. Criticism and Interpretation. By Thomas Carlyle
A man doesn't get delirium tremens even if he smokes more than is good for him; he doesn't become a debased mortal; there is nothing about tobacco which makes a man beat his wife or assault his mother-in-law -- rather the reverse, in fact, for tobacco is a soother and a quietener of the passions, and many a man, I daresay, has been prevented from doing rash things in the way of retaliation, when he has lit his pipe and had a good think over his affairs. The Social History of Smoking

Amid a spray of spilt drinks and nibbles, much cheering, dancing and backslapping, the unruly crowd vented their delirium in the manner of Indian cricket spectators, setting alight their match programs and letting off fireworks.
It is quite literally cultism delirium in my view. Scozzafava decries 'vicious' attacks
Secondary end points included prevalence and duration of delirium, use of fentanyl and open-label midazolam, and nursing assessments. JAMA current issue
Treatment of delirium requires use of neuroleptic drugs, such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine, not sedatives.
Christian's response was closured by a wild outcry from the wood, hounds and horn lifting up their voices together in sudden delirium. Mount Music
Astley's is a kind of semi-ruined pastoral, a bucolic summer-hazed delirium shadowed by mumbling disquiet, in which mechanically-iterated found sounds are put into concert with an oneiric chamber music.
He has spent an uncounted time in delirium since he was landed on the beach at Ringmanu from the Nari, commanded by one Captain Bateman. “It was the Golden Fleece ready for the shearing.”
Recognizant obstacle sleeps with be addicted to, hazy, muddy, delirium, unbalanced condition is more.
Several weeks on the insomniac is unsteady on his feet, wracked by fevers, and drifting in an out of delirium as the body's vital organs begin to fail. 40 entries from September 2007
He felt disconnected from his body, soaring into a haze of delirium.
It is not a severe attack," my father wrote at the beginning, "yet it is attended by fits of exceeding discomfort, occasional comatoseness, and even delirium to the extent of making the poor child talk in rhythmic measure, like a tragic heroine -- as if the fever lifted her feet off the earth; the fever being seldom dangerous, but is liable to recur on slight occasion hereafter. Hawthorne and His Circle
Call it rather a sort of beggarly day-dreaming, during which the mind of the dreamer furnishes for itself nothing but laziness, and a little mawkish sensibility; while the whole materiel and imagery of the doze is supplied ab extra by a sort of mental camera obscura manufactured at the printing office, which pro tempore fixes, reflects, and transmits the moving phantasms of one mans delirium, so as to people the barrenness of a hundred other brains afflicted with the same trance or suspension of all common sense and all definite purpose. Coleridge, Biographia Literaria, III footnote 1 « Unknowing
Depending on which symptoms are apparent, delirium may be mistaken for a variety of disorders including dementia, mood disorders, and functional psychoses.
-- Fever may be accompanied by pain especially of the the head and loins; a sense of heaviness or general lassitude; deficiency of either secretion, or of all of them; dryness of skin; thirst; nausia; scanty and high colored urine; delirium; constipation; jactation; &c. An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
D darkness of calamity dash of eccentricity dawning of recognition day of reckoning daylight of faith decay of authority declaration of indifference deeds of prowess defects of temper degree of hostility delicacy of thought delirium of wonder depth of despair dereliction of duty derogation of character despoiled of riches destitute of power desultoriness of detail [desultoriness = haphazard; random] device of secrecy devoid of merit devoutness of faith dexterity of phrase diapason of motives [diapason = full, rich, harmonious sound] dictates of conscience difference of opinion difficult of attainment dignity of thought dilapidations of time diminution of brutality disabilities of age display of prowess distinctness of vision distortion of symmetry diversity of aspect divinity of tradition domain of imagination drama of action dream of vengeance drop of comfort ductility of expression dull of comprehension duplicities of might dust of defeat Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Per
(with the blood-poisoning and delirium above-mentioned), sometimes after an overdose, but oftener seeming to occur spontaneously, or in the midst of physical or mental agony as great and irrelievable as men suffer in hopeful abandonment of the drug, and with a colliquative diarrhea, by which -- in a continual fiery, acrid discharge -- the system relieves itself during a final fortnight of the effete matters which have been accumulating for years. The Opium Habit
Treatment of delirium requires use of neuroleptic drugs, such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine, not sedatives.
On the twentieth, pain of the feet; deafness and delirium left her; a small hemorrhage from the nose; sweat, apyrexia. Of The Epidemics
It was all a mad swirl, a crazed delirium of plunging horses and shouts in the darkness, but somehow they formed a line.
A warehouse for the furnishings of consumer delirium.
Depending on which symptoms are apparent, delirium may be mistaken for a variety of disorders including dementia, mood disorders, and functional psychoses.
The hysterics' observable disorders, such as catalepsy, as well as their visual experiences, including hallucination and delirium, were deemed manifest content and, as such, not to be taken at face value.
The Symptoms rose to a burning fever, a stupifaction and delirium ensued for 48 hours. Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 18 August 1776
I've seen the mandalas and lights and patterns of delirium and drug trips, watched the shamans in their trances during field research.
Dionysos, from orgiast Thrace, or, as was then held, from the mystic East, invaded the shrine, importing, or at least accentuating, elements of enthusiasm and religious delirium; for the immense development and The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
Unlike dementia, delirium is a severe but temporary state of mental confusion.
It should seem that, by some kind of enchantments, they had thrown him into a delirium so far, that he had forgot both himself and the sabbath-day. From the Talmud and Hebraica
At an inquiry into the tasering death of amentally ill man in Nova Scotia, aclinical psychologist who has been called to testify is taking on the concept of “excited delirium”. Hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Taser Epistimology on Trial
In 1934, Stauder coined the term lethal catatonia to characterize an acute, intense excitement state, combining features of mania and delirium, that was associated with fever often high and catatonic signs. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
Back in the early days of this site, in the doldrum and delirium of 2002, it seemed there was very little at stake, and I could spew forth regardless of consequence. Pears and bananas
This brief delirium is, however, only a foretaste of the culminant visual disturbance in the novel.
Paradoxical CNS stimulation results in talkativeness, excitability, restlessness, anxiety, mania, hyperactivity, delirium, and rage.
In case of rapid recovery the stupor is short and usually marked with mild delirium. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
Some affected people suffer mental disturbances such as delirium, hallucinations, and even psychotic behaviour.
The amount of intraventricular haematic density and hydrocephalus were associated to cognitive impairment and to delirium.
Call it rather a sort of beggarly day-dreaming, during which the mind of the dreamer furnishes for itself nothing but laziness and a little mawkish sensibility; while the whole materiel [sic] and imagery of the doze is supplied ab extra by a sort of mental camera obscura manufactured at the printing office, which pro tempore fixes, reflects and transmits the moving phantasms of one man's delirium, so as to people the barrenness of an hundred other brains afflicted with the same trance or suspension of all common sense and all definite purpose. Gothic Visions, Romantic Acoustics
When not active, I lapsed into delirium and a semi-conscious state.
The symptoms which distinguish Irritative fever are a dry and red tongue; a sharp, small, but frequent pulse; subsultus; restlessness and delirium, which soon give place to signs of debility, with coma and cerebral irritation, sudden exacerbations, unequal and irregular remissions; rapid and important changes are also frequent concomitants of this form of disease. An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
In his delirium he thought it'd help coagulate the blood.
Old Melmoth died in the course of that night, and died as he had lived, in a kind of avaricious delirium. Melmoth the Wanderer
Contemplate your incarnate Delirium Tremens!
The smell of incense filled the room and transported me, in my delirium, back to my youth as a Miami altar boy.
The potential complications include postsurgical delirium, which causes some patients to become confused and disoriented for days. A Nip and a Tuck
The three subtypes of delirium are hyperactive, hypoactive, and mixed.
Delirium and dementia may arise from brain metastases, which usually originate from lung cancer but also from tumours of the breast and alimentary tract and melanomas.
The highest levels of intoxication can be life-threatening, producing delirium, coma, atonic bladder and cardiac arrhythmias.
Alone, its intoxication has been characterized as an induced state of psychotic delirium, marked by disorientation, pronounced confusion, and complete amnesia. The Serpent and the Rainbow
Perhaps, too, the rich blood of the Falernian grape produced a more godlike delirium than the vulgar brandy which oversets the moderns! Views a-foot
Another soft chuckle in his ear lulled him into muzzy delirium and after a few minutes of not being sure what exactly was happening, he fell asleep.
In this study, opioids, other psychoactive medications and dehydration were the most frequent causes of reversible delirium.
The inanition delirium of tuberculosis resembles that of carcinosis and malaria. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Tiger bone is used to treat arthritis and muscular atrophy, and rhino horn to treat fevers, convulsions, and delirium.
It was just as real to me as is the snake beheld by a man in delirium tremens. Chapter 11
Their original application was in febrile diseases where symptoms of high fever, delirium and convulsions occurred.
Along with these ‘desired’ effects, users also commonly experience confusion, anterograde amnesia, and delirium.
In this case the patient's condition appeared to be improving but he continued to exhibit symptoms of delirium.
Their responses to the examiner or staff are perfunctory and vague, and they may appear to be in an excited delirium, which Kraepelin termed delirious mania. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
You've written nothing in your rambling post that would refute the claim that 'excited delirium' is not a documented and bona fide medical condition. jim in London from London, Canada writes: excited-delirium is the term Taser has invented to defend themselves in the 17 ongoing wrongfull death suites they are involved with. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
He willed the farm to Annie before lapsing into delirium and feverishly mumbling his last words in the Maori he knew so well.
Delirium with nightly attach most importance to, main show is recognizant obstacle and excitement of incongruous spirit motility, if accompany high fever, can endanger life.
At the Delirium, Brussels's biggest and best-known beer bar, barmen say that on most nights, Duvel is among its 10 top selling beers. Belgian Brewer Finds Crafty Success
She had begun by "humoring" the delirious man; but now she found his delirium taking a course which was excessively embarrassing. The American Baron
When these are reduced, if the hands are contracted, and become trembling, convulsion and delirium seize such a person; but blisters break out on the eyebrow, erythema takes place, the one eyelid being tumefied overtops the other, a hard inflammation sets in, the eye become strongly swelled, and the delirium increases much, but makes its attacks rather at night than by day. On Regimen In Acute Diseases
There's a floodlit stage and electronic band of ‘gruperos’ in transports of salsa-invoked delirium.
And at the last, constant sleepings, with slight delirium, and other marks of extreme exhaustion, announce the wished-for release.
Chronic alcoholics are at risk of Wernicke's encephalopathy, in which delirium becomes complicated by ataxia and ophthalmoplegia.
This is what they call delirium, I guess" he muttered. A Study in Scarlet
When in a fever not of the intermittent type dyspnoea and delirium come on, the case is mortal. Aphorisms
The use of antidepressants, antipsychotics, or anticholinesterase inhibitors for insomnia related to delirium or dementia is also unproved.
His energy was undiminished, but refined to the level of delirium.
Some affected people suffer mental disturbances such as delirium, hallucinations, and even psychotic behaviour.
Our delirium is the somber side-effect of a nation under sedation, induced by a heroin-like injected haze of obfuscation and trepid tentativeness to break free of our "pusher. Bush's Wonderland and through the Looking Glass of Iraq
Coleridge's attack on the "beggarly daydreaming" of romance reading noted that "the whole material and imagery of the doze is supplied ab extra by a sort of mental camera obscura manufactured at the printing office, which pro tempore fixes, reflects and transmits the moving fantasms of one man's delirium, so as to people the barrenness of an hundred other brains afflicted with the same trance or suspension of all common sense and all definite purpose" (1975, 28). Reading Machines
Long-acting benzodiazepines such as chlordiazepoxide and diazepam are preferred because they are the most effective in preventing alcohol withdrawal seizures and delirium.
The main differential diagnosis of delirium is from a functional psychosis (such as schizophrenia and manic depression) and from dementia.
She had said those things shortly before regressing back into the delirium that she had been in almost since he had found her.
And there are other choreographers who have brought a dance sensibility to a Cirque du Soleil show (Mia Michaels of TV's "So You Think You Can Dance" worked on 2005's "Delirium.") Climb to the top: 'Ovo' creator Deborah Colker fearlessly crosses borders
Treatment of delirium requires use of neuroleptic drugs, such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine, not sedatives.
When I read his magazine, Mythic Delirium, I immediately noted that Allen took science fiction poetry literatim, however it's parsed--speculative, fiction, science: idea made manifest in words--including variations that do not stray from the use of such a term. Dear readers...
This mindset mixed with her insomnia-induced delirium into a mellow state of tranquil patience.
It is much less hazardous when the swelling and redness are determined outwardly; but if determined to the lungs, they superinduce delirium, and frequently some of these cases terminate in empyema. The Book Of Prognostics
The dogmatic element of the ancient astrolatry, as incorporated into the Christian creed, underwent no material change until the inauguration of the dark ages, when the bishops of the several churches, in the delirium of metaphysical speculation, concocted the previously unheard of doctrine of pre-existence of spirit, in conformity to which God was declared to be purely a spiritual deity, who, existing before matter, created the universe of nothing. Astral Worship
You think it no evil to inflame a poor heart, and you perorate as warmly in your deliriums of love as the wretched lawyer who comes with red eyes from a suit he has lost. The French Immortals Series — Complete
Dr. Joseph Noone, an expert on the clinical aspects of violent behaviour, says excited delirium is a term favoured by law enforcement officials and coroners even though it is not accepted as a medical or psychiatric diagnosis. Winnipeg Sun
It was discovered on the blank space of a bit of newspaper, and looked much as if a fat lobworm had plunged himself into a bowl of ink, and in his literary delirium had twisted uneasily to the verge of the paper. Rhoda Fleming — Volume 5
After the delirium clears the drug may be reinstituted at a much smaller dose.
Taking your memories as correct -- which they may not be; you could be recalling pieces of delirium -- you should be able to entertain the possibility that you and your friends had the bad luck to meet fools and brutes such as infest every outfit. A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
Patients with systemic infection may be diaphoretic, febrile, and tachycardic, and they may manifest toxic delirium.
Schizophrenia is conventionally distinguished from the organic psychoses dementia and delirium by the absence of intellectual compromise.
Cognitive impairment, delirium, and dementia are present in some older adult patients.
a state of sopor, which had lasted a day and a half; there had been delirium for two or three days, during which time the child had never had a clear moment. Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms
In 1934, Stauder coined the term lethal catatonia to characterize an acute, intense excitement state, combining features of mania and delirium, that was associated with fever often high and catatonic signs. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
We were struggling to accept that she was gone, no longer able to shake her out of the long drift of delirium that compromised the last years of her life, never to see into her mercurial half-gray, half-blue eyes, never to touch her again. History of a Suicide
And so the grand-stands make a brilliant and wonderful spectacle, a delirium of color, a vision of beauty.
Then she beheld a most unprecedented thing, a thing so unprecedented that nothing equal to it had appeared to her even in the blackest deliriums of fever.
I conceive her to be possessed with a delirium, which I incline to term rather hypochondria than phrenesis; and I think she were best cared for by her husband in his own house, and removed from all this bustle of pageants, which disturbs her weak brain with the most fantastic phantoms. Kenilworth
Like Lawson, she responds with semi-delirium to certain tastes, and makes breathless lowing noises between nibbles.
A sharp slap upside his head corrects his delirium.
Laputan, who passed his days in extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, could have reached such a height of delirium as to rave about the time when a man should paint his miniature by looking at a blank tablet, and The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859
There's a floodlit stage and electronic band of ‘gruperos’ in transports of salsa-invoked delirium.
How are we to describe symptoms which, flowing from one source, yet show themselves in such opposite forms as those of an intermittent fever, a silent delirium, or a horrid hypochondriasm? Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions
Certain signs and symptoms can help physicians distinguish between delirium and a pre-existing psychiatric disorder.
Usually, delirium is multifactorial, and other causes should be identified.
Fever and delirium in serious anticholinergic overdosage may progress to coma and, finally, to cardiac and respiratory depression.
By this method I am at length recovered from my argumental delirium, and find myself in the state of one awakened from the confusion and tumult of a feverish dream. The Rambler, sections 55-112 (1750-1751); from The Works of Samuel Johnson in Sixteen Volumes, Vol. IV
This duo of delirium shows that Milligan may just have been a wrongly mocked defrocked filmmaker.
In the dayss of delirium while you lay recuperating here in the north contemplation room, you sshouted out your unconscious disstress in tonguess we varioussly identified as terranglo, ssymbosspeech, and sseveral unknown languagess as well as our own. Sliding Scales
This supposed retropulsion of erysipelas on the brain from the frequent appearance of delirium, has prevented the free use of the lancet early in this disease to the destruction of many; as it has prevented the subduing of the general inflammation, and thus has in the end produced the particular one on the brain. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
Such strange visions appeared during my delirium, beach demons with claws, odd quadrupeds, wings that staggered through dusk.
The amount of intraventricular haematic density and hydrocephalus were associated to cognitive impairment and to delirium.
But Joe, "soothed and content under the anodyne of delirium," is dragged roughly downtrail by Kah-Chucte and Gowhee. “There be things greater than our wisdom, beyond our justice.”
This is what they call delirium, I guess," he muttered. A Study in Scarlet
In one remarkable meal, four friends ate themselves into delirium with heritage pork cracklings, cod tongues, milts (don't ask) on toast, not to mention rare but unbloody partridge, sprout tops (we never knew they had them), veal heart and Mr. Hix's stargazy pie. A Grand Tour of a Very British Empire
‘The thrill, the mad delirium of being free is beyond description,’ he writes.
And the number hospitalised with alcohol psychoses - delirium, shaking, or memory loss - has risen by more than a third since 1997-98.
So now we have retroactive aviophobia, right up there with "excited delirium" as a new medical alibi for police brutality. posted by Dr. WHITEWASH!
Delirium is a disturbance of consciousness and cognition with a sudden onset that may be accompanied by increased psychomotor activity.
when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium
“The deceased is identified as the culprit and must have had the condition of excited delirium.” Hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Taser Epistimology on Trial
Not only did the win send the home fans into state of rapturous delirium, but the achievement relieved the team's coach, who had looked tense during the final.
The red and black segment of the crowd were in delirium, the blue and white silent and despondent.
Noone, manager of psychiatric intensive care at the Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, B.C., says the use of the term excited delirium when describing cause of death can result in the deceased being labelled as the culprit. Winnipeg Sun
Delirium can be caused by a medical emergency or a subacute, chronic medical condition.
Common side effects of both older and newer antipsychotic drugs include akathisia - an experience of motor restlessness and jitteriness - and anticholinergic effects, such as sedation and delirium.
It has been estimated that, among hospital inpatients with delirium, less than half have fully recovered by the time of discharge.
Half in delirium, he began muttering aloud the lines of an anonymous poem Brissenden had been fond of quoting to him. Chapter 40
I ended up getting a digital keyboard, which was so amazing to me - excitement to the point of delirium.
Delirium is characterized by an acutely developing, diffuse cognitive impairment and an alteration in consciousness. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
Delirium with nightly attach most importance to, main show is recognizant obstacle and excitement of incongruous spirit motility, if accompany high fever, can endanger life.
His slimsy silver spoon, dented with toothmarks of an ancestor who had died in a delirium, was laid evenly by his plate. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
The use of antidepressants, antipsychotics, or anticholinesterase inhibitors for insomnia related to delirium or dementia is also unproved.
Sensory misperceptions, including hallucinations and illusions, are common in delirium.
This anticholinergic delirium is characterized by disorientation, clouding of consciousness, dilated pupils, dry skin, and a history of cyclic antidepressant drug ingestion. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
Psychotic symptoms can appear as a part of delirium, dementia or any other organic brain syndrome.
As I sordidly explained last night in terms which may possibly commend themselves to some of the less elevated members of the community who may have crept among you unawares, that is a form of recognition that I value the more because, when Germany passes back from delirium to sanity, they will have to buy another set! The Past and the Present
The delirium it produces is known to be so very pleasing that Pope has supposed this to have been designed by Homer when he describes the delicious draught prepared by Helen, called nepenthe, which exhilarated the spirits and banished from the mind the recollection of woe. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants

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