English Dictionary

nocturnal delirium

名詞

(medicine, psychology, psychiatry) A state of agitation or confusion, especially in elderly patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight.

日本語の意味

夜間のせん妄（特に高齢者、アルツハイマー病など認知症を患う患者に見られ、夕方から夜にかけて発症し、昼間に軽減する攪乱状態）

During hospital rounds we noted that the patient's nocturnal delirium worsened at dusk, but his symptoms eased with morning light.

回診中、患者の夜間せん妄は日没時に悪化したが、朝の光で症状が和らいだことを確認した。

意味（1）

(medicine, psychology, psychiatry) A state of agitation or confusion, especially in elderly patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight.

Nocturnal delirium of the senile patient is primarily due to the fact that the severe retention defect, and more particularly the greatly accelerated secondary elaboration (Cameron, 1940) found in senile patients, does not permit of the preservation of the spatial image after darkness has interfered with direct visualization.

nocturnal deliria （ plural ）