metabolic disorders
Last reviewed 01/2018
Metabolic causes of an acute confusional state include:
- hypoglycaemia
- hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism
- hypopituitarism
- acromegaly
- Addison's disease and Cushing's disease
- hypercalcaemia
- diabetic ketoacidosis
- hyperosmotic non-ketotic hyperglycaemia
- hepatic encephalopathy