Vitamin B 12 deficiency as a cause of delirium in a patient with spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1917-1920

  Harrington, Amanda L ^a   Dixon, Thomas M ^b   Ho, Chester H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Vitamin B 12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CLONAZEPAM; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HALOPERIDOL; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; OLANZAPINE; TRANSFERRIN; UREA;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGITATION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DECUBITUS; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HALLUCINATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE SURGERY; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY INFARCTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MENTAL HEALTH; PARAPLEGIA; PNEUMONIA; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENT INFECTION; REHABILITATION CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SEPTICEMIA; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WOUND HEALING;

DELIRIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 80054975040     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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