One-Year Retrospective Review of Psychiatric Consultations in Lassa Fever, Southern Nigeria

We conducted a retrospective review of psychiatric consultations for hospitalized patients with Lassa fever in southern Nigeria. Ten (8.8%) of 113 patients had psychiatric consultations. Delirium was the most common psychiatric manifestation complicating Lassa fever. Findings suggest that psychiatri...

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Autores principales: Okogbenin, Esther O., Obagaye, Michael O., Aweh, Benjamin E., Eriyo, Williams O., Okogbenin, Sylvanus A., Okokhere, Peter O.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7706941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33219806
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.200084
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author Okogbenin, Esther O.
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description We conducted a retrospective review of psychiatric consultations for hospitalized patients with Lassa fever in southern Nigeria. Ten (8.8%) of 113 patients had psychiatric consultations. Delirium was the most common psychiatric manifestation complicating Lassa fever. Findings suggest that psychiatric intervention could improve overall outcomes of Lassa fever.
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spelling pubmed-77069412020-12-08 One-Year Retrospective Review of Psychiatric Consultations in Lassa Fever, Southern Nigeria Okogbenin, Esther O. Obagaye, Michael O. Aweh, Benjamin E. Eriyo, Williams O. Okogbenin, Sylvanus A. Okokhere, Peter O. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We conducted a retrospective review of psychiatric consultations for hospitalized patients with Lassa fever in southern Nigeria. Ten (8.8%) of 113 patients had psychiatric consultations. Delirium was the most common psychiatric manifestation complicating Lassa fever. Findings suggest that psychiatric intervention could improve overall outcomes of Lassa fever. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7706941/ /pubmed/33219806 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.200084 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Okogbenin, Esther O.
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One-Year Retrospective Review of Psychiatric Consultations in Lassa Fever, Southern Nigeria
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