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sundowning
Rapid & frequent fluctuations in attention occuring towards the evening.
Etiology:
- Alzheimer's disease
Epidemiology:
- common
Management:
- see psychosis & agitation in the elderly & delirium
Related
psychosis, agitation & difficult behavior in the elderly
General
delirium (acute confusional state)
References
Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998