Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Case Print Section Listen A 42-year-old man with no previous medical history presents with a 1-week history of sinus congestion. He was not getting adequate pain relief and had taken…
Inflammatory and Demyelinating CNS Diseases
Case Print Section Listen A 60-year-old man with a history of hypertension is admitted with several days of fever and generalized weakness. He complains of diplopia and anorexia and is…
Cardiac Arrest and Anoxic Brain Injury
Case Print Section Listen A 62-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension was in a heated argument with his son when he suddenly complained of dizziness and collapsed to…
Encephalopathy and Delirium
Case Print Section Listen A 46-year-old man with a history of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presented to the emergency department with “altered mental status.” His wife described the patient as having been…
CNS Infection
Case Print Section Listen An otherwise healthy 29-year-old man is brought in to the emergency department (ED) because of 2 days of headache, flu-like symptoms, fever, and change in sensorium….
Neurotrauma
Case Print Section Listen Traumatic brain injury. A 42-year-old man presents to your intensive care unit (ICU) with acute brain trauma. He reportedly fell from a ladder at home while…
Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity
Case Print Section Listen The patient is a 19-year-old man who was in a motor vehicle collision and was brought to the emergency department for management of traumatic brain injury….
Neuromuscular Diseases
Case Print Section Listen A 26-year-old woman with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with several days of fatigue, difficulty climbing stairs, and double vision. She has…
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Case Print Section Listen A 58-year-old African American man with a history of hypertension, mechanical mitral valve replacement, alcohol abuse, and atrial fibrillation (AF) suddenly developed nausea, vomiting, and left…
Answers to Clinical Cases
Chapter 1 Print Section Listen 1. Ventricular enlargement is a consequence of loss of neural tissue. Because the volume of the skull is fixed, as brain tissues decrease in volume…
