Neupsy Key

Case Print Section Listen A 55-year-old right-handed woman presents to the emergency department (ED) because of sudden loss of consciousness. The patient has a history of tobacco smoking as well…

Case Print Section Listen A 60-year-old woman with a history of Crohn’s disease, factor V Leiden thrombophilia, and significant vascular and thrombotic disease in her left leg presents with headache….

Introduction Print Section Listen Critically ill patients are prone to a wide variety of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders. Two of those disorders are of particular relevance to patients with…

Case Print Section Listen A 66-year-old man with no known medical history was admitted after a fall while working at a silo on his farm. On physical examination, he had…

Case Print Section Listen A 72-year-old-man, recently treated for resistant Escherichia coli urosepsis, is sent to the emergency department from his nursing home because of new left-sided hemiparesis. He has…

Case Print Section Listen A 71-year-old Caucasian man was brought to the emergency department (ED) for left-sided weakness and confusion. According to his wife, he was found on the floor…

Case Print Section Listen A 72-year-old man with a history of stroke, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and metastatic lung cancer with known metastases to the brain and bone presents with status epilepticus….

Case Print Section Listen A 53-year-old man suffered a severe traumatic brain injury after being struck in an automobile-pedestrian accident. He was intubated in the field and stabilized in the…

Case Print Section Listen A 45-year-old man is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for head trauma related to a fall on the stairs after acute alcohol intoxication. He…

Case Print Section Listen A 40-year-old woman presents with a sudden, severe, thunderclap headache. A CT scan and a CT angiogram are obtained which reveal diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage due to…