Open AccessThe case of a 69‐year‐old man with COVID‐19 and encephalopathy
Author(s) -
Cline Trevor E.,
Sangha Navdeep
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of clinical and translational neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.824
H-Index - 42
ISSN - 2328-9503
DOI - 10.1002/acn3.51250
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , encephalopathy , urinary system , evening , diabetic ketoacidosis , nausea , pediatrics , urinary urgency , covid-19 , altered mental status , diabetes mellitus , anesthesia , pathology , endocrinology , physics , alternative medicine , disease , astronomy , infectious disease (medical specialty) , overactive bladder
Summary of case A 69‐year‐old man with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes presented to an outside hospital with altered mental status. He progressed from being argumentative to encephalopathic and agitated by the evening with urinary frequency, urinary urgency, nausea, and vomiting. His vital signs were normal, and he had no focal neurological deficits on presentation. He was generally encephalopathic, only groaning with no ability to follow commands. He was found to have diabetic ketoacidosis on initial labs. A left parietal hypodensity on CT Head was found, and he was positive for Sars‐COV‐2.