Woman with Mental Status Change

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Rapid Change in Mental Status in a Patient with Hypereosinophilia

We present the case of a 48-year-old female with acute onset altered mental status, who was found to have eosinophilia, elevated troponin, and embolic strokes. Extensive testing for autoimmune, infectious, and coronary artery etiologies was unremarkable. After a cardiac MRI revealed focal myocardial hyperenhancement, the patient underwent an endomyocardial biopsy with findings consistent with e...

A 37-year-old Woman with Altered Mental Status and Urinary Frequency

We present a case report of a patient who initially presented with altered mental status and significant urinary frequency. Over the course of her emergency department stay, she then developed tachycardia out of proportion to a new fever along with a respiratory alkalosis. Although each objective finding has a broad differential diagnosis, thyroid storm was the only unifying diagnosis when all ...

Antiepileptic Drugs and Mental Health Status of Patients with Epilepsy

Many patients with epilepsy suffer also from coexisting psychological problems. These mental co-morbidities have a significant impact on quality of life of patients with epilepsy. Recent studies have shown that although antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) treat epilepsy, they may increase risk of mental disorders in these patients . Due to the lack of adequate research in this area, we assess...

Altered mental status in a 66-year-old woman during the late summer months.

BUMC PROCEEDINGS 2004;17:353–356 In the summer of 2003, a 66-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with fever, chills, and decreased oral intake. She was discharged home after intravenous hydration. Routine laboratory evaluation showed all relevant values to be within normal limits. After returning home, the patient’s clinical status progressively worsened. She returned to the em...