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Search Results for Altered Mental Status
Abstract Number: 366
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: CT Head imaging for patients with altered mental status is a common procedure that many clinicians utilize to establish a diagnosis. As health care costs rise, practitioners are becoming more conscious about ordering costly imaging studies that are unlikely to change management. The purpose of the study is to determine when obtaining CT imaging […]
Abstract Number: 500
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 41 year old male with a history of substance use (Phencyclidine/PCP) was brought to the hospital after being found nude and unconscious outside for an unknown period. At presentation he was awake but mute, not following commands nor tracking with his eyes. He was intermittently agitated. Exam notable for fever 103F, heart rate […]
Abstract Number: 529
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 62 year old woman with a history of hypertension suddenly developed a headache starting 3 days after receiving the influenza vaccine. The headache worsened and was associated with nausea, photosensitivity and vomiting. The next day she was lethargic, and that night, her husband states she sat up in bed and started “speaking […]
Abstract Number: 673
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 82 year-old woman with history of stage five chronic kidney disease (CKD) presented with new onset of altered mental status, upper extremity tremors and slurred speech. Four days prior to presentation patient was diagnosed with urinary tract infection due to multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and was started on cefepime. On the day of […]
Abstract Number: 700
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 70 year-old woman with hyperthyroidism, hypertension and diabetes presented with subacute progressive altered mental status and frequent falls. History obtained from family revealed a previously independently functioning woman until 4 months prior, when she began to demonstrate symptoms of forgetfulness and micrographia. Symptoms progressed rapidly requiring an inpatient psychiatric admission, a month […]