[Acute confusional episode--delirium in elderly patients. Definition, etiology and treatment].
Delirium, (acute confusional episode in European nomenclature) frequently occurs to elderly patients. This confusional condition is characterized by a sudden beginning and fluctuating clinical manifestations. It can bring out or showup a large number of illnesses. Generally transient and reversible, confusional state remains a medical emergency, motivating numerous consilium and psychiatric admissions. On the base of a case report, we aim to recall the high frequency of this affection in a somatic context and the importance of early diagnosis and treatment.
Lleshi
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Service de psychogériatrie, Secteur psychiatrique Ouest vaudois 1188 Gimel. Valter.Lleshi@hospvd.ch
Budry
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Bryois
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Le Goff-Cubilier
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D000368:Aged; D003221:Confusion / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003693:Delirium / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence