Biomaterial Database

Beware the demented patient. 1994

P Thomas

Emergency Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003704	Dementia	An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.	Senile Paranoid Dementia,Amentia,Familial Dementia,Amentias,Dementia, Familial,Dementias,Dementias, Familial,Dementias, Senile Paranoid,Familial Dementias,Paranoid Dementia, Senile,Paranoid Dementias, Senile,Senile Paranoid Dementias
D003951	Diagnostic Errors	Incorrect or incomplete diagnoses following clinical or technical diagnostic procedures.	Diagnostic Blind Spots,Errors, Diagnostic,Misdiagnosis,Blind Spot, Diagnostic,Blind Spots, Diagnostic,Diagnostic Blind Spot,Diagnostic Error,Error, Diagnostic,Misdiagnoses
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000208	Acute Disease	Disease having a short and relatively severe course.	Acute Diseases,Disease, Acute,Diseases, Acute
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D015423	Scleritis	Refers to any inflammation of the sclera including episcleritis, a benign condition affecting only the episclera, which is generally short-lived and easily treated. Classic scleritis, on the other hand, affects deeper tissue and is characterized by higher rates of visual acuity loss and even mortality, particularly in necrotizing form. Its characteristic symptom is severe and general head pain. Scleritis has also been associated with systemic collagen disease. Etiology is unknown but is thought to involve a local immune response. Treatment is difficult and includes administration of anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive agents such as corticosteroids. Inflammation of the sclera may also be secondary to inflammation of adjacent tissues, such as the conjunctiva.	Episcleritis,Necrotizing Scleritis,Episcleritides,Necrotizing Scleritides,Scleritides,Scleritides, Necrotizing,Scleritis, Necrotizing
D015812	Glaucoma, Angle-Closure	A form of glaucoma in which the intraocular pressure increases because the angle of the anterior chamber is blocked and the aqueous humor cannot drain from the anterior chamber.	Glaucoma, Closed-Angle,Glaucoma, Angle Closure,Glaucoma, Narrow-Angle,Glaucoma, Uncompensated,Glaucoma, Uncompensative,Angle Closure Glaucoma,Angle Closure Glaucomas,Angle-Closure Glaucoma,Angle-Closure Glaucomas,Closed-Angle Glaucoma,Closed-Angle Glaucomas,Glaucoma, Closed Angle,Glaucoma, Narrow Angle,Glaucomas, Angle Closure,Glaucomas, Angle-Closure,Glaucomas, Closed-Angle,Glaucomas, Narrow-Angle,Glaucomas, Uncompensated,Glaucomas, Uncompensative,Narrow-Angle Glaucoma,Narrow-Angle Glaucomas,Uncompensated Glaucoma,Uncompensated Glaucomas,Uncompensative Glaucoma,Uncompensative Glaucomas