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[Acute confusional states. Analysis of 60 cases observed in a neurological department]
1Service de neurologie, CHUV, Lausanne.
Schweizerische Rundschau Fur Medizin Praxis = Revue Suisse De Medecine Praxis
|February 22, 1994
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.