Clinical Reasoning: An Older Woman With Headaches and Lethargy After a Fall.
Neurology
; 101(19): 863-868, 2023 11 07.
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| ID: mdl-37604660
In this case, a 77-year-old woman presented with generalized weakness, difficulty ambulating, lethargy, loss of appetite, and headaches after a mechanical fall. This case discusses the management of acute neurologic emergencies such as subdural hematoma, status epilepticus, and bacterial meningitis. Potential etiologies for stroke and CNS infection are highlighted. Readers are led through the diagnostic approach to a patient presenting with a complex array of neurologic symptoms causing rapid clinical decompensation.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Meningitis Bacterianas
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Letargia
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurology
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos