sentence: Doctors use it to describe patients who have lost parts or all of their ability to focus attention.
sentences_before: The condition is also known as 'acute confusional state'.
sentences_after: People who suffer from it  may also have problems to concentrate, or to remember things or  other people. Delirium is a medical symptom. It is not a disease.
concept_name: doctor
headings: Delirium
categories: Symptoms