PPT-Does this adult patient have acute meningitis?

Does this adult patient have acute meningitis Dr Nicola Cooper Consultant Physician amp Honorary Clinical Associate Professor Scenario A 30yearold woman was admitted to the Acute Medical Unit with a 48hour history of gradual onset severe headache and fever of 385. lymphocytopenia. LT Benjamin S. Vipler, MD, Associate, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. . CPT Jason J. Nam, MD, Associate, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA. . LCDR Andrew G. . . Professor. Emergency. . Medicine. University. of Colorado Denver. Altered Mental Status. Overview. Altered mental status: It Could Be [almost] Anything! requires a thorough work-up. What is the differential for altered mental status?. . Meningitis. Acute meningitis refers to a syndrome of fever, headache, and . meningismus. associated with a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) . pleocytosis. due to infection and inflammation in the subarachnoid space. Infectious . Disease. . Doctor’s. . W. orst. . F. ear. Vladimir Krajinovic, MD, PHD. First contact with patient. 19-year-old boy with fever of 39.4°C, nausea, vomiting and headache came to ER. He was previously a healthy boy, except past viral meningitis and tonsillectomy because of frequent streptococcal pharyngitis episodes. Content. : Katharina M. . Busl. , MD, MS; Ricardo A. Hernandez, MD; William J. Meurer, MD, MS; Sarah Peacock, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC; Sandra D.W. Buttram, MD. Slides. : Chris Robinson, DO.  .  .  .  . Robyn Massa, MD and Clayton Wiley, MD, PhD. January 26, 2015. Case Report: History. HPI: 64 yo M initially presenting to OSH on 6/24/13 and transferred to PUH on 6/26/13 with new onset daily 10/10 headaches for 2 months. Headaches are diffuse and feel like pressure.. Faculty of Medicine. Al-Balqa Applied University. Email: ali.alkhader@bau.edu.jo. How can microbes enter the nervous system?. Hematogenous. …the most common. . …mostly arterial. . …can be from facial veins (through anastomoses with venous sinuses of the skull). Any TWO of the following Adult & Ambulatory Pediatric • Temperature Low High Increased work of breathing Acute drop in oxygen saturation or increased oxygen need • Respiratory Rate &#x Case #4Bacterial meningitis is a lifethreatening infection of the linings or meninges of the brain and spinal cord. Survivors may experience hearing loss or deafness, brain damage, seizures, and/or th IN ADULT S WITH MENINGITIS AND MENINGOENCEPHALITIS Dissertation submitted to THE TAMIL NADU DR. M.G.R MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI In fulfilment of the regulations for the award of the degree of Docto Inflammation of the brain cortex is called encephalitis. Meningismus. refers to meningeal irritation not due to CNS infection. Meningitis -overview . AETIOLOGY . Neonatal period. . Arafah. Diseases of Central Nervous System. Infections. of Central Nervous System. Infections of Central Nervous System. Meningitis. refers to an inflammatory process of the . leptomeninges. and CSF within the subarachnoid space. . The clinical . syndrom. :. Bacterial meningitis. Viral . minigitis. Encephalitis. Brain abscess. Meningitis. :. Acute infection within the . subarchanoid. space.. Bacterial Meningitis:. Bacterial meningitis reflects . Syed Yousaf Kazmi. LEARNING OBJECTIVES. List . causes of acute and chronic meningitis. Discuss . pathogenesis of acute and chronic meningitis. Discuss . mechanism of transmission of pathogens . . causing .