Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
OBS; Organic mental disorder (OMS); Chronic organic brain syndrome
Symptoms
Symptoms can differ based on the disease. In general, organic brain syndromes cause:
Agitation Confusion - Long-term loss of brain function (
dementia ) - Severe, short-term loss of brain function (
delirium )
Signs and tests
Tests depend on the disorder, but may include:
- Blood tests
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Electroencephalogram (EEG) Head CT scan Head MRI
Images
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Review Date: 02/06/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of
Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and
Department of Anatomy at UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided
by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD,
MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
