La Revue du praticien
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Delirium is a neurologic emergency representative of 10% of the hospitalized patients. It is characterized by an acute and fluctuating change of consciousness and cognition. ⋯ An associated agitation need a quick specific treatment. The treatment should prevent the risk factors, notably iatrogenic, especially in the elderly patients or with previous altered cognitive functions.
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Infiltrative lung diseases (ILD) include more than 130 diseases. Chronic and acute forms of ILD must be differentiated. In each group, cases with a known cause or with an unknown cause have to be individualized. ⋯ Main acute ILD are respectively cardiogenic oedema, lesional oedema, intra-alveolar hemorrhage, infectious ILD and acute eosinophilic pneumonia. The diagnostic approach depends on the presence of an initial orientation. Sometimes, several causes are associated.