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Risk for confusion acute
At risk for reversible disturbances of consciousness, attention, cognition, and perception that develop over a short period of time.
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Chronic confusion
An irreversible, longstanding, and/or progressive deterioration of intellect and personality characterized by decreased ability to interpret environmental stimuli, decreased capacity for intellectual thought processes, and disturbances of memory, orientation, and behavior.
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Acute confusion
The abrupt onset of reversible disturbances of consciousness, attention, cognition, and perception that develop over a short period of time.
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Confounding by indication
The bias introduced into a study when a variable is a risk factor for a disease among non-exposed persons, even though the risk factor is not an intermediate step in the causal pathway between the exposure and the disease.
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Confluence of sinuses
The union of the superior sagittal and transverse venous sinuses.
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Parental role conflict
Parent experience of role confusion and conflict in response to crisis.
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Decisional conflict
The state of uncertainty about the course of action to be taken when choice among competing actions involves risk, loss, or challenge to personal life values.
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Confirmatory test
A test used to validate the results obtained by another. The confirmatory test may be more sensitive or specific but must be based on different testing principles.
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Confirm
To show by repetition of a test (or with a complementary test) that a result initially obtained is accurate.
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Activity configuration
An assessment approach used by occupational therapists to determine an individual’s usual use of time during a typical week. The technique is designed to elicit the person’s perceptions of the nature of daily activities and satisfaction with them.
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