{"id":2301,"date":"2017-11-06T22:08:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T22:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/psydel2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:14:40","slug":"psydel2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/es\/psydel2\/","title":{"rendered":"Criterios Diagn\u00f3stico para Delirio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"7ca9444b8380138fe077da07353677a4\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>El delirio tambi\u00e9n se conoce como estado confusional agudo, alteraci\u00f3n del estado mental y encefalopat\u00eda metab\u00f3lica t\u00f3xica, entre m\u00e1s de 30 t\u00e9rminos descriptivos. El delirio se puede considerar como una falla cerebral aguda y es la v\u00eda com\u00fan final de m\u00faltiples mecanismos, similar a la insuficiencia card\u00edaca aguda. La definici\u00f3n oficial de delirio en el Manual Diagn\u00f3stico y Estad\u00edstico de los Trastornos Mentales, quinta edici\u00f3n (DSM-5), requiere una perturbaci\u00f3n en la atenci\u00f3n y la conciencia que se desarrolla de manera aguda y tiende a fluctuar. Los mecanismos fisiopatol\u00f3gicos del delirio siguen siendo poco conocidos; los modelos l\u00edderes incluyen desequilibrio de neurotransmisores y neuroinflamaci\u00f3n.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<b>Criterios Diagn\u00f3stico para Delirio<\/b><br \/>\n<b>DSM-5<\/b><br \/>\nLa presencia de delirio requiere que se cumplan todos los criterios:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Perturbaci\u00f3n en la atenci\u00f3n y la conciencia<\/li>\n<li>La alteraci\u00f3n se desarrolla de forma aguda y tiende a fluctuar en gravedad<\/li>\n<li>Al menos una perturbaci\u00f3n adicional en la cognici\u00f3n<\/li>\n<li>Las perturbaciones no se explican mejor por una demencia preexistente<\/li>\n<li>Las perturbaciones no ocurren en el contexto de un nivel severamente reducido de excitaci\u00f3n o coma<\/li>\n<li>Evidencia de una causa org\u00e1nica subyacente o causas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>M\u00e9todo de evaluaci\u00f3n de confusi\u00f3n (CAM)<\/b><br \/>\nLa presencia de delirio requiere las caracter\u00edsticas 1 y 2 y 3 o 4:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cambio agudo en el estado mental con un curso fluctuante (caracter\u00edstica 1)<\/li>\n<li>Falta de atenci\u00f3n (caracter\u00edstica 2)<\/li>\n<li>Pensamiento desorganizado (caracter\u00edstica 3)<\/li>\n<li>Nivel alterado de conciencia (caracter\u00edstica 4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Bibliograf\u00eda:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Marcantonio ER. Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults.\u00a0N Engl J Med. 2017 Oct 12;377(15):1456-1466. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29020579\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Setters B, Solberg LM. Delirium.\u00a0Prim Care. 2017 Sep;44(3):541-559. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28797379\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alonso-Crespo D, Rodr\u00edguez-Mond\u00e9jar JJ, Leal-Costa C. Scoping review of the evolution of delirium detection, diagnostic, and severity assessment scales. Geriatr Nurs. 2026 Jan 22;69:103846. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41576861\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Creado Nov 16, 2017.<br \/>\nActualizado Mar 2, 2026.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El delirio tambi\u00e9n se conoce como estado confusional agudo, alteraci\u00f3n del estado mental y encefalopat\u00eda metab\u00f3lica t\u00f3xica, entre m\u00e1s de 30 t\u00e9rminos descriptivos. El delirio se puede considerar como una falla cerebral aguda y es la v\u00eda com\u00fan final de m\u00faltiples mecanismos, similar a la insuficiencia card\u00edaca aguda. 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