Organic brain syndrome

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Brain

OBS; Organic mental disorder (OMS); Chronic organic brain syndrome

Symptoms vary with the specific disease. In general, organic brain syndromes cause varying degrees of confusion, delirium (severe, short-term loss of brain function), agitation, and dementia (long-term, often progressive, loss of brain function).

Testing and physical examination vary, depending on the specific disorder. Head CT scan, head MRI, EEG, and blood tests, to evaluate for medical conditions, are done frequently.

Review Date: 09/07/2006
Reviewed By: Kenneth Gross, M.D., Neurology, North Miami, FL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.