Citation

Bassetti C, Regli F. Schweiz. Rundsch. Med. Prax. 1994; 83(8): 226-231.

Vernacular Title

Les etats confusionnels aigus. Analyse de 64 cas observes en milieu neurologique.

Affiliation

Service de neurologie, CHUV, Lausanne.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Verlag Hans Huber)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8134749

Abstract

The authors describe the clinical picture, etiology and evolution of 64 patients admitted because of an acute confusional state to the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital in Lausanne (CHUV) during two years (1991 to 1992). The difficulty of clinical diagnosis, particularly in vascular and epileptic cases, the high percentage of focal neurological causes, the role of (underlying) dementia, drugs, systemic disturbances (fever, infections, dehydration, etc.) and the importance of etiology for prognosis are particularly stressed.

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