PPT-GCA Masquerading as Altered Mental Status and Diarrhea

Suzanne Abou Diab BS Muhammad Abu Rmaileh BS Amad Walajahi BA MS Nicholas Gowen MD Gayathri Krishnan MD Department of Internal Medicine University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR. National Pediatric Nighttime Curriculum. Written by Terry Platchek, MD. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University. Objectives. Be able to recognize children with acutely depressed mental status. Dr. Joanna Bennett. Psychiatric Nursing Assessment. Central component is the patient/clinical interview. Psychiatric evaluation – Psychiatrist. Psychiatric assessment within nursing process as model of care – nurse. autonomic dysfunction and elevated creatine phos-phokinase. 5 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is thought to be secondary to decreased dopamine (DA) activity in central nervous system ( Chief Resident. July 2014. Delirium . Goals. Understand the different presentations of delirium. Know the most common causes of delirium in the hospital. Learn a diagnostic approach to the delirious patient. Department of Emergency Medicine. University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Department of Emergency Medicine. University of Pennsylvania Health System. Approach to the Patient with…. Questions/Comments/Suggestions. July 2014. Delirium . Goals. Understand the different presentations of delirium. Know the most common causes of delirium in the hospital. Learn a diagnostic approach to the delirious patient. Obtain skills to minimize and manage delirium in your patients. Amit Salkar, MD. Nicole Bernard, MD. Bhairav Patel, MD. Robert Mignacca, MD. Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas. 7. th. Annual Pediatric Conference. Saturday, April 12, 2014. Goals and Objectives. Tim Ridgway MD FACP. Associate Professor of Medicine. University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. A 63 year old female presents with increasing lethargy and altered mental status over the previous 2 days. She also complained of nonspecific colicky abdominal pain over the past 3 weeks. On the evening prior to admission, she noted shaking chills. The following day she developed increasing shortness of breath, prompting evaluation locally and transfer to our facility.. BY MBBSPPT.COM . Learning objectives. At the end of this lecture you should be able to:. Define acute, persistent, chronic diarrhea & dysentery . Remember important organisms causing diarrhea & dysentery. NALOXONE (. Narcan. ®). Developed in the 1960s. Increased opioid use and abuse. Greater . variety of available opioids . Increased demand for naloxone. Opioid . competitive antagonist. Emergent overdose treatment in hospital and . October 2019. DKA background. Diagnosis. Hyperglycemia (glucose > 200). Acidosis (venous pH < 7.3). Ketosis (urine or serum ketones). Risk factors. Not previously diagnosed with diabetes. 1/3 of children with type 1 diabetes first present with DKA. Recognize key history findings suggestive of different causes of altered mental status. Recognize key physical findings suggestive of different causes of altered mental status. List high-risk causes of altered mental status in adults and children. Presented by the Office of Provider Development. Changes in Mental Status. 2. Virginia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services. 9/15/21. A change in mental status can refer to any changes in brain function resulting in… . MD. What it is it?. The Mental Status Exam (MSE) . equivalent to. describes . the mental state and behaviors of the person being seen. . both . objective . and subjective.. Why do we do them?. The MSE provides information .