Book contents
- Handbook of Emergency Neurology
- Handbook of Emergency Neurology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Neurologic Examination and Neurodiagnostic Testing
- Section 2 Common Neurologic Presentations: A Symptom-Based Approach
- Chapter 5 Coma, Delirium, and Dementia
- Chapter 6 Headache
- Chapter 7 Weakness
- Chapter 8 Musculoskeletal and Neurogenic Pain
- Chapter 9 Dizziness
- Chapter 10 Gait Disturbances
- Section 3 Specific Neurological Disorders in Emergency Medicine
- Index
- References
Chapter 5 - Coma, Delirium, and Dementia
from Section 2 - Common Neurologic Presentations: A Symptom-Based Approach
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2024
Book contents
- Handbook of Emergency Neurology
- Handbook of Emergency Neurology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Neurologic Examination and Neurodiagnostic Testing
- Section 2 Common Neurologic Presentations: A Symptom-Based Approach
- Chapter 5 Coma, Delirium, and Dementia
- Chapter 6 Headache
- Chapter 7 Weakness
- Chapter 8 Musculoskeletal and Neurogenic Pain
- Chapter 9 Dizziness
- Chapter 10 Gait Disturbances
- Section 3 Specific Neurological Disorders in Emergency Medicine
- Index
- References
Summary
Alterations in mental status are a frequently encountered chief complaint that the emergency physician is asked to evaluate. These changes vary from marked depression of mental status to extreme over-activation. The differential diagnosis of altered mental status (AMS) is perhaps one of the broadest encountered in medicine. Here we will discuss alterations in mental status, and a diagnostic approach to these types of patients.
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- Handbook of Emergency Neurology , pp. 51 - 69Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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