Altered Mental Status in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case of Anti-NMDA Encephalitis Case Presentation: 29-year-old female with a history of Bipolar I Disorder, in remission off medication, presented to the Psychiatric Emergency Department with hyperactivity, insomnia, impulsive purchasing and audiovisual hallucinations for two weeks. The patient was admitted to psychiatry for treatment of mania with [...]

Case Presentation: A 44-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a 2 hour history of altered mental status. His wife reports that when he awoke, he was confused and acting inappropriately. After no improvement for 2 hours he was brought to the ED. En route to the ED, he ate a Hershey chocolate bar [...]

Case Presentation: 30 year old female with HIV/AIDS, a recent CD4 count of 7 who presented with 4 weeks of diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and odynophagia. She reported weight loss of 190 lbs over the last 6 months. She had been recently admitted with similar complaints and diagnosed with Cryptosporidial diarrhea and esophageal candidiasis. She was [...]