A 77-Year-Old Male with a Rapid Change in Mental Status

Andrew Piner; Spencer S. Lovegrove; Laura J. Bontempo; T. Andrew Windsor

doi:10.5811/cpcem.7213

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine (Jun 2024)

A 77-Year-Old Male with a Rapid Change in Mental Status

Andrew Piner,
Spencer S. Lovegrove,
Laura J. Bontempo,
T. Andrew Windsor

Affiliations

Andrew Piner: University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Spencer S. Lovegrove: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Laura J. Bontempo: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
T. Andrew Windsor: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.7213
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 3
pp. 182 – 188

Abstract

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A 77-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with generalized weakness and worsening chronic dysphagia was diagnosed with pneumonia. Shortly after receiving vascular access for his treatment, he had a rapid change in his mental status and neurological examination.

Published in Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 2474-252X (Online)
Publisher: eScholarship Publishing, University of California
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Website: http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_cpcem

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