0071598626.pdf

264 Emergency Medicine benign, with about 33% of patients remaining asymptomatic. This is partially explained by the fact that β ...

Poisoning and Overdose Answers 265 (a)Cocaine use can cause agitation and seizures but should not cause significant hyponatremia ...

266 Emergency Medicine 246.The answer is e.(Rosen, pp 2180-2185.)Hydrocodone is an opioid used for pain relief. Opioid withdrawa ...

Altered Mental Status Questions 247.A 69-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabe ...

249.A 79-year-old man presents to the ED by paramedics with the chief complaint of agitation and confusion over the previous 12 ...

Altered Mental Status 269 251.A 19-year-old college student presents to the ED complaining of headache, sore throat, myalgias, a ...

254.A 48-year-old man presents to the ED with ethanol intoxication. His BP is 150/70 mm Hg, HR is 95 beats per minute, temperatu ...

Altered Mental Status 271 256.A 45-year-old man is brought to the ED by his coworkers after col- lapsing to the floor while at w ...

258.A 40-year-old man who is an employee of the hospital is brought to the ED actively seizing. A coworker states that the patie ...

Altered Mental Status 273 260.An unconscious 51-year-old woman is brought to the ED by EMS. A friend states that the patient was ...

262.A 65-year-old man presents to the ED with a headache, drowsiness, and confusion. He has a history of long-standing hypertens ...

Altered Mental Status 275 264.A 67-year-old man presents to the ED for worsening confusion. His wife states that he received his ...

266.A 56-year-old man is brought in from the homeless shelter for strange, irrational behavior and unsteady gait for 1 day. A wo ...

Altered Mental Status 277 269.A 54-year-old man is brought to the ED by his wife for bizarre behavior. The wife complains that h ...

271.A 46-year-old woman is brought to the ED by her husband for 1 day of worsening confusion. The patient has a history of syste ...

Altered Mental Status 279 274.A 58-year-old woman is brought in to the ED after a witnessed synco- pal event. Upon arrival, the ...

Altered Mental Status Answers 247.The answer is c.(Rosen, pp 1748-1750.)The patient never received afingerstick glucoseat triage ...

Altered Mental Status Answers 281 (a)It is critical that fingerstick glucose is checked. However, myxedema coma differs from the ...

282 Emergency Medicine Benzodiazepines (eg, lorazepam) (b)are the first-line agents for an actively seizing patient. Benzodiazep ...

Altered Mental Status Answers 283 ketosis, and osmotic diuresis and clinically presents with gastrointestinal (GI) distress, pol ...