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Dementia vs. Delirium: Key Differences by kami_dhillon_1 is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Delirium and dementia have distinct differences in onset, course, duration, attention, cognition, and sleep-wake cycles. Delirium has an acute to sub-acute onset, fluctuating course lasting hours to days, impaired attention that can fluctuate rapidly, globally impaired cognition, hallucinations and disrupted sleep-wake cycles. Dementia has an insidious onset, stable and progressive course lasting months to years, steady attention and cognition that is poorer for short-term memory and attention over time.

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