[Epidemiologic, clinical, and etiologic features of acute delirious episodes (ADE) in Togo: findings of a hospital survey].

This transverse descriptive epidemiologic study carried out in a hospital setting in Togo over a period of 80 days included a total of 63 patients presenting acute delirious episodes. There were 25 women and 38 men ranging in age from 18 to 45 were included. Most patients were young (20 to 34 years) and presented symptoms comparable to those described elsewhere in France and Africa. However several particularites were noted in this fairly protected traditional rural setting in which delirious episodes are uncommon as compared to urban settings in which such cases are more common due to sociocultural stress, drug addiction, and HIV infection.