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Search Results for Catatonia
Abstract Number: 439
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 68 year old woman with a past history notable for recurrent urinary tract infections presents with one day of confusion, odd postures, mutism, and subjective fever. In the Emergency Department, she was febrile to 103o, tachycardic, and appeared restless, with odd purposeless movements of her extremities. She was only able to follow […]
Abstract Number: 479
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 64 year-old woman presented with two weeks of progressive refusal to eat, weakness, and somnolence. She had two weeks of abdominal pain that was worse with eating and diarrhea with significant weight loss and generalized weakness. She also endorsed worsening depression and suicidal ideation. Per the family, she was delusional and “losing […]
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: 524
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 73 year-old woman presented with lethargy and decreased responsiveness for one day. She did not respond to her name or noxious stimuli and did not follow commands. She would spontaneously repeat the phrase “I see the light” but was otherwise non-verbal. Waxy rigidity was noted on passive extension and flexion of her […]
Abstract Number: 533
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 32 year-old female with history of systemic lupus erythematosus, depression and anxiety was admitted to the medical ward with cytomegalovirus pneumonitis and viremia. On hospitalization day 21, patient had an acute change in mental status becoming nonverbal and non-interactive with examiner. Medications at the time of incident were ceftriaxone, valgancyclovir, thiamine, prednisone […]
Abstract Number: 695
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male with a history of chronic anemia and schizophrenia presented to the emergency department (ED) from home for seven days of worsening COVID-19 respiratory disease. He was admitted for hypovolemic shock and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). His home dose of haloperidol 5 mg daily and 20 mg nightly was continued. […]
Abstract Number: 773
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old female with CKD5, ESRD, HIV on ARV (abacavir, dolutegravir, lamivudine) was admitted for sepsis and diagnosed with an iliac vein hematoma. She underwent three different operations, and on the third day after the last procedure she stopped talking or communicating with family, staff and refused to eat. In the days prior, […]
Abstract Number: 818
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A twenty-two-year-old male with unknown history was brought in with altered mental status (AMS). On exam he was lying in bed, clutching a taco sauce packet mid-air as if perpetually about to pour; he remained immobile for 10 minutes, exhibited waxy flexibility, and did not respond to questions or commands. Bush-Francis Catatonia score […]