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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Reasons For Altered Mental Status

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Dr. Srikanth Reddy MD

what is the priority assessment of altered mental status r/t hallucination aeb uti. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Srikanth Reddy ( Psychiatrist)
Dr.  Soujanya MD

How do I know if I have altered mental status? And what are the chances of getting help? Will I be able to travel on my own? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Soujanya ( Psychiatrist)
Dr.  Michelle Gibson James MD

About 3 weeks ago my sister began taking (for high blood pressure ) Hydralazine 50 mg. 3 x a day. She was already taking 2 medications for it - Lisinopril 20 mg. twice a day and AmLodipine Besylate 5 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Mayank Bhargava MD

. Since 2 days, he is having altered mental status, he forgets to wear clothes and moves from one room to ... altered mental status? What to do with Lasix?If Lasix is continued, it... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mayank Bhargava ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Ashish Mittal MD

against her family members especially mother for reasons which are natural to this age. This all happened ... start with she has locked herself into the room.She does not like anything except for... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashish Mittal ( Psychiatrist)

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Dr. Varinder Joshi MD

My 89 year old previously alert, very active mother was hospitalized for severe hyponatremia ... transient post recovery mental defects? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Varinder Joshi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Manisha Auradkar MD

he had mental status change for about 10 minutes . He was confused, slurred speech, did not even ... just assume altered mental status was do to fever/ slight dehydration ? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Manisha Auradkar ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. K. V. Anand MD

[My Brother In law age 40 years married blessed with a girl child doing nothing remains at home his attitude towards his Parents and Spouse is quite questionable and does not allow anyone to express there feeling towards... View answer

Answered by : Dr. K. V. Anand ( Psychologist)
Dr. Vishal Chafale MD

My husband had a CT scan of head and they said there is too much white matter for a person of his age. he is 56. he had an espisode where his vision did strange things and sort of an altered mental ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vishal Chafale ( Neurologist)
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu MD

because of altered mental status. They did a UA and got an MRI of her head. The UA, of course, did show a ... while and soon after that she started having altered mental status... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu ( Internal Medicine Specialist)