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

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• psychiatric manifestations
• delirium
• Lassa fever
• psychiatric consultations
• Nigeria
• viruses