title: [Acute confusional states. Analysis of 60 cases observed in a neurological department].
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.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, CHUV, Lausanne.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bassetti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Regli
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000150:complications; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011041:Poisoning / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Les états confusionnels aigus. Analyse de 64 cas observés en milieu neurologique.