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* 24-Dinitrotoluene 
* 44-Methylenebis 
* 4-Aminopyridine 
* Acanthamoeba infection 
* Aceruloplasminemia 
* Acetylsalicylic Acid 
* Acid-Base Imbalance   
* Acrylamide 
* Actinomycetales infection 
* Acute Bokhoror   
* Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis   
* Acute fatty liver of pregnancy 
* Acute liver failure   
* Acute mountain sickness 
* Acute Pesticide poisoning
* Adiponitrile   
* Adrenal crisis 
* African Sleeping sickness 
* Aging brain syndrome 
* Alcohol drinking 
* Alcohol Withdrawal   
* Alcoholic Neuropathy 
* Aldicarb 
* Alprazolam overdose 
* Alzheimer disease
* Aniline 
* Anoxemia 
* Anticholinergic syndrome   
* Antiphospholipid Syndrome 
* Aorta-pulmonary artery fistula 
* Appian-Plutarch syndrome   
* Arbovirosis 
* Argentinean hemorrhagic fever   
* Autoimmune Hepatitis   
* Autoimmune limbic encephalitis 
* Azinphos-methyl 
* Azotemia familial 
* Baneberry poisoning 
* Basilar artery insufficiency syndrome 
* Benign astrocytoma 
* Berry aneurysm
* Bing-Neel syndrome 
* Bolivian hemorrhagic fever   
* Boric Acid 
* Box thorn poisoning   
* Brain infection 
* Brief Psychotic Disorder 
* Brill-Zinsser disease   
* Bristowe's syndrome 
* Bromethalin 
* Bromide 
* Bromophos 
* Bubonic plague   
* Burnett's milk drinker's syndrome 
* Butyl Alcohol 
* Camphor 
* Carbaryl   
* Carbon Tetrachloride   
* Carcinomatous meningitis 
* Carnitine transporter deficiency 
* Central nervous system infections 
* Central nervous system lymphoma primary 
* Cerebellar abscess 
* Cerebral abscess 
* Chicken soup poisoning   
* Chlordane   
* Chloromethane 
* Chlorpyrifos 
* Christmas Cherry poisoning   
* Chronic renal insufficiency 
* Cirrhosis of the liver  unresponsiveness
* Citrullinemia 
* Classic migraine 
* Cocaine abuse   
* Cocaine addiction 
* Coenzyme Q cytochrome c reductase deficiency
* Colchicine toxicity   
* Concussion   
* Congenital hepatic porphyria   
* Congenital nonhemolytic jaundice 
* Cope's syndrome 
* Corn Lily poisoning 
* Coumaphos 
* Crack addiction 
* Cresols 
* Cresylic acid 
* Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 
* Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 1 
* Cryptococcal Meningitis 
* Cryptococcosis 
* Cushing syndrome 
* Cyanogenic glycoside   
* Cyclohexanone 
* Cysticercosis 
* Daphne poisoning   
* Darvocet overdose 
* DDD 
* DDT 
* Dehydration 
* Demerol overdose 
* Demeton-S-methyl 
* Devil's trumpet poisoning   
* Dexedrine overdose 
* Dextromethorphan toxicity 
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* Diabetic hypoglycemia 
* Diabetic Ketoacidosis 
* Diazinon 
* Dibromochloromethane 
* Dichlorvos 
* Dicrotophos 
* Dieldrin   
* Diethylene Glycol 
* Digitalis glycoside
* Dilaudid overdose 
* Dilutional hyponatremia 
* Dinitrocresol 
* Dioxathion 
* Disequilibrium syndrome 
* Dissociative Amnesia 
* Dissociative disorder 
* Dissociative Identity Disorder 
* Disulfiram 
* Disulfoton 
* Dobriner syndrome 
* Dysbarism 
* Ecstasy addiction 
* Ecstasy overdose   
* Ehrlichiosis 
* End Stage Liver Failure   
* Endosulfan 
* End-stage renal disease 
* Epidemic typhus   
* Epidermoid carcinoma 
* Ethion 
* Ethylene Glycol Dinitrate   
* Fensulfothion 
* Fentanyl toxicity 
* Fenthion 
* Flea-borne diseases   
* Folate deficiency
* Foxglove poisoning   
* Fungal meningitis 
* Gasoline 
* Glaze 
* Glycol Ether 
* Graeck-Imerslund disease 
* Grand mal epilepsy 
* Grand mal seizures 
* Granulomatous amebic encephalitis 
* Hashimoto's encephalitis 
* Head injury 
* Heroin dependence 
* High altitude cerebral edema 
* High Melting Explosive (HMX) 
* HIV/AIDS 
* Hydrazine 
* Hydrocodone overdose 
* Hydroquinone
* Hydroquinone   
* Hyperbaric oxygen
* Hypercalcemia 
* Hyperemesis Gravidarum 
* Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome   
* Hyperinsulinism
* Hyperparathyroidism   
* Hypervitaminoses A and D 
* Hypoglycemia 
* Hypomagnesemia primary 
* Hyponatremia 
* Hypophosphatemia
* Hypothermia 
* Hypovolemia 
* Impramine toxicity 
* Inborn urea cycle disorder   
* Insulinoma 
* Isofenphos   
* Jet Fuel-4 
* Jet Fuel-5 
* Jimsonweed (Daturastramonium)
* Kentucky coffee tea poisoning 
* Kerosene 
* Kidney failure 
* King Cobra poisoning 
* Lead poisoning 
* Legionnaires' disease   
* Leukemia 
* Leukoencephalopathy 
* Limbic encephalitis 
* Listeriosis 
* Liver failure 
* Lobeline
* Lorazepam overdose 
* Lortab overdose 
* Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis 
* Lysergic Acid Diethylamide   
* Lysteria monocytoigeneses meningitis 
* Machupo virus   
* Malaria   
* Malathion 
* Marburg virus   
* Marijuana abuse 
* Measles Encephalitis 
* Melioidosis 
* Meningitis 
* Meningococcal disease 
* Mercury poisoning
* Metabolic Acidosis   
* Metabolic encephalopathy 
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* Methadone overdose 
* Methamphetamine overdose 
* Methidathion 
* Methiocarb 
* Methomyl 
* Metobromuron 
* Milk-Alkali syndrome 
* Monkshood poisoning 
* Morphine toxicity 
* Multi-Infarct Dementia 
* Multiple Myeloma 
* Mustard tree poisoning 
* N-acetyl glutamate synthetase deficiency 
* Naegleria 
* Naphthalene 
* Narcotic addiction 
* Neurocysticercosis 
* Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome   
* Neurosarcoidosis 
* Neurosyphilis   
* Nickel Carbonyl   
* Nipah virus encephalitis   
* Nitrobenzene 
* Nitroglycerin   
* Nitrophenol 
* Nitrophenol Urea 
* NN-Dimethyl-P-Toluidine 
* Nocardiosis 
* Nonaffective Psychosis 
* Nutritional deficiency 
* Oil-based paint 
* Oleander poisoning   
* Opioid toxicity 
* Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency 
* Oxycodone addiction 
* Parathion 
* Paratyphoid fever 
* Pediatric AIDS 
* Pellagra 
* Phencyclidine   
* Phenytoin toxicity   
* Phosdrin 
* Phosphine 
* Plague   
* Plasma cell leukemia
* Postoperative haemorrhage 
* Postoperative respiratory failure 
* Postoperative septicaemia 
* potato(Solanumtuberosum)
* Primary amebic meningoencephalitis 
* Prion diseases 
* Profenofos 
* Propane 
* Propanol   
* Propoxur 
* Propylene Glycol Dinitrate 
* Pyridoxine deficiency 
* Q fever 
* Rabies   
* Respiratory acidosis 
* Respiratory alkalosis 
* Respiratory depression   
* Reye's Syndrome   
* Ritalin overdose 
* Rocky Mountain spotted fever   
* Schizoaffective disorder   
* Serotonin Syndrome   
* Shock 
* SIADH 
* Sick sinus syndrome 
* Snake bite 
* Stroke 
* Subdural hematoma 
* Sundown syndrome 
* Terbufos 
* Tetrachloroethane 
* Tetraethyl Pyrophosphate 
* Thallium   
* Thallium poisoning   
* Thallium Sulfate   
* Thiram 
* Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura 
* Tick-borne encephalitis 
* Tolterodine toxicity   
* Toluene 
* Toxemia 
* Toxic Shock Syndrome 
* Toxoplasmosis 
* Tramadol toxicity 
* Transient Ischemic Attack 
* Traumatic Brain Injury 
* Trichlorfon 
* Trypanosomiasis 
* Urea Cycle Disorders   
* Uremic encephalopathy 
* Vicodin overdose
* Water Intoxication 
* Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome 
* WDHA syndrome 
* Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome 
* Wernicke's encephalopathy 
* Yellow fever   
* Zolpidem overdose 
* Zolpidem withdrawal
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==References==
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Revision as of 18:56, 5 July 2012

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];

Overview

List of all conditions which cause confusion.

Causes

Common Causes

By organ system

Cardiovascular Aorta-pulmonary artery fistula , Postoperative haemorrhage , Shock , Sick sinus syndrome
Chemical / poisoning 24-Dinitrotoluene , 44-Methylenebis , 4-Aminopyridine , Acetylsalicylic Acid , Acrylamide , Acute Pesticide poisoning, Adiponitrile , Aldicarb , Aniline , Azinphos-methyl , Baneberry poisoning , Boric Acid , Box thorn poisoning , Bromethalin , Bromide , Bromophos , Butyl Alcohol , Camphor , Carbaryl , Carbon Tetrachloride , Chicken soup poisoning , Chlordane , Chloromethane , Chlorpyrifos , Christmas Cherry poisoning , Cocaine abuse , Cocaine addiction , Corn Lily poisoning , Coumaphos , Crack addiction , Cresols , Cresylic acid , Cyanogenic glycoside , Cyclohexanone , Daphne poisoning , DDD , DDT , Demeton-S-methyl , Devil's trumpet poisoning , Diazinon , Dibromochloromethane , Dichlorvos , Dicrotophos , Dieldrin , Diethylene Glycol , Digitalis glycoside, Dinitrocresol , Dioxathion , Disulfiram , Disulfoton , Ecstasy addiction , Endosulfan , Ethion , Ethylene Glycol Dinitrate , Fensulfothion , Fenthion , Foxglove poisoning , Gasoline , Glaze , Glycol Ether , Heroin dependence , High Melting Explosive (HMX) , Hydrazine , Hydroquinone, Hydroquinone , Isofenphos , Jet Fuel-4 , Jet Fuel-5 , Jimsonweed (Daturastramonium), Kentucky coffee tea poisoning , Kerosene , King Cobra poisoning , Lead poisoning , Lobeline, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide , Malathion , Marijuana abuse , Mercury poisoning, Methidathion , Methiocarb , Methomyl , Metobromuron , Monkshood poisoning , Morphine toxicity , Mustard tree poisoning , Naphthalene , Narcotic addiction , Nickel Carbonyl , Nitrobenzene , Nitroglycerin , Nitrophenol , Nitrophenol Urea , NN-Dimethyl-P-Toluidine , Oil-based paint , Oleander poisoning , Opioid toxicity , Oxycodone addiction , Parathion , Phencyclidine , Phosdrin , Phosphine , potato(Solanumtuberosum), Profenofos , Propane , Propoxur , Propylene Glycol Dinitrate , Snake bite , Terbufos , Tetrachloroethane , Tetraethyl Pyrophosphate , Thallium , Thallium poisoning , Thallium Sulfate , Thiram , Toluene , Trichlorfon , Zolpidem withdrawal
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect Anticholinergic syndrome , Colchicine toxicity , Cope's syndrome , Dextromethorphan toxicity , Fentanyl toxicity , Impramine toxicity , Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome , Phenytoin toxicity , Propanol , Serotonin Syndrome , Tolterodine toxicity , Tramadol toxicity
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine Adrenal crisis , Cushing syndrome , Hashimoto's encephalitis , Hyperinsulinism, Hyperparathyroidism , Insulinoma , SIADH , WDHA syndrome
Environmental Dysbarism , High altitude cerebral edema
Gastroenterologic Cirrhosis of the liver, Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 1 , End Stage Liver Failure , Liver failure
Genetic Congenital hepatic porphyria , Congenital nonhemolytic jaundice
Hematologic Bing-Neel syndrome , Leukemia , Multiple Myeloma , Plasma cell leukemia, Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Iatrogenic Hyperbaric oxygen
Infectious Disease Acanthamoeba infection , Actinomycetales infection , Acute Bokhoror , Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis , African Sleeping sickness , Bolivian hemorrhagic fever , Brill-Zinsser disease , Bubonic plague , Cryptococcal Meningitis , Cryptococcosis , Cysticercosis , Ehrlichiosis , Epidemic typhus , Flea-borne diseases , Fungal meningitis , Granulomatous amebic encephalitis , HIV/AIDS , Legionnaires' disease , Listeriosis , Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis , Lysteria monocytoigeneses meningitis , Machupo virus , Malaria , Marburg virus , Measles Encephalitis , Melioidosis , Meningitis , Meningococcal disease , Naegleria , Neurocysticercosis , Neurosyphilis , Nipah virus encephalitis , Nocardiosis , Paratyphoid fever , Pediatric AIDS , Postoperative septicaemia , Primary amebic meningoencephalitis , Rabies , Rocky Mountain spotted fever , Tick-borne encephalitis , Toxemia , Toxic Shock Syndrome , Toxoplasmosis , Trypanosomiasis , Yellow fever , Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
Musculoskeletal / Ortho No underlying causes
Neurologic Acute mountain sickness , Aging brain syndrome , Alzheimer disease , Anoxemia , Arbovirosis , Argentinean hemorrhagic fever , Basilar artery insufficiency syndrome , Benign astrocytoma , Berry aneurysm, Brain infection , Bristowe's syndrome , Central nervous system infections , Central nervous system lymphoma primary , Cerebellar abscess , Cerebral abscess , Classic migraine , Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease , Disequilibrium syndrome , Grand mal epilepsy , Grand mal seizures , Leukoencephalopathy , Limbic encephalitis , Multi-Infarct Dementia , Prion diseases , Stroke , Subdural hematoma , Sundown syndrome , Transient Ischemic Attack , Uremic encephalopathy , Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome , Wernicke's encephalopathy
Nutritional / Metabolic Aceruloplasminemia , Acid-Base Imbalance , Acute liver failure , Alcohol drinking , Alcohol Withdrawal , Alcoholic Neuropathy , Azotemia familial , Burnett's milk drinker's syndrome , Carnitine transporter deficiency , Citrullinemia , Coenzyme Q cytochrome c reductase deficiency , Dehydration , Diabetic hypoglycemia , Diabetic Ketoacidosis , Dilutional hyponatremia , Dobriner syndrome , Folate deficiency, Graeck-Imerslund disease , Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome , Hypervitaminoses A and D , Hypoglycemia , Hypothermia , Hypovolemia , Inborn urea cycle disorder , Metabolic Acidosis , Metabolic encephalopathy , Milk-Alkali syndrome , N-acetyl glutamate synthetase deficiency , Nutritional deficiency , Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency , Pellagra , Pyridoxine deficiency , Q fever , Respiratory acidosis , Respiratory alkalosis , Reye's Syndrome , Urea Cycle Disorders , Water Intoxication
Obstetric/Gynecologic Acute fatty liver of pregnancy , Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Oncologic No underlying causes
Opthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity Alprazolam overdose , Appian-Plutarch syndrome , Darvocet overdose , Demerol overdose , Dexedrine overdose , Dilaudid overdose , Ecstasy overdose , Hydrocodone overdose , Lorazepam overdose , Lortab overdose , Methadone overdose , Methamphetamine overdose , Ritalin overdose , Vicodin overdose , Zolpidem overdose
Psychiatric Brief Psychotic Disorder , Dissociative Amnesia , Dissociative disorder , Dissociative Identity Disorder , Nonaffective Psychosis , Schizoaffective disorder
Pulmonary Postoperative respiratory failure , Respiratory depression
Renal / Electrolyte Chronic renal insufficiency , End-stage renal disease , Hypercalcemia , Hypomagnesemia , Hyponatremia , Hypophosphatemia , Kidney failure
Rheum / Immune / Allergy Antiphospholipid Syndrome , Autoimmune Hepatitis , Autoimmune limbic encephalitis , Neurosarcoidosis
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma Concussion , Head injury , Traumatic Brain Injury
Urologic No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Miscellaneous No underlying causes


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