Iatrogenic delirium in an elderly patient: When drugs are harmful

Delirium is a global disorder of cognition that represents a medical emergency and, particularly in elderly, is often unrecognized or misdiagnosed and commonly mistaken for dementia, depression, mania, or an acute schizophrenic reaction. Drug-induced delirium is a common matter in the elderly and in this paper we report the onset of delirium induced by drug-drug interaction in a previously health elderly patient. *Corresponding author: Luca Gallelli, Department of Health Science, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy, Tel: 390961712322; Fax: 390961774174; E-mail: gallelli@unicz.it Received December 18, 2013; Accepted December 30, 2013; Published January 02, 2014 Citation: Gareri P, LGallelli P, Lacava R, Castagna A, Corsonello A, et al. (2014) Iatrogenic Delirium in an Elderly Patient: When Drugs are Harmful. J Gerontol Geriat Res 3: 140. doi:10.4172/2167-7182.1000140 Copyright: © 2014 Gareri P, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.