Metabolic disorders
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
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