Behavior abnormality
Kato, K.; Terayama, Y.
Nihon Rinsho. Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine 71(6): 1014-1018
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0047-1852 PMID: 23855205 Document Number: 666960
The aging rate of Japan is higher than 20% in 2005 and it is predominantly early and invites aged society in the developed countries. With increase in elderly person population, the emergency consultation of the elderly person increases, and the emergency medical treatment of the elderly person that complaining of a condition is vague must be careful to have possibilities to miss the severe condition of a patient. When an elderly person presents with sudden behavior abnormality and consults an emergency room, we must check presence of disturbance of consciousness. When there is disturbance of consciousness, we provide treatment for it. In this report, we describe an emergency disease with the behavior abnormality of the elderly person.