Mr. Harvey's Seizure
 
Symptoms & History

Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation


  
No, we didn't do such a lousy job. True, he died but things were done promptly and appropriately.
  • Staph pneumonias are notoriously hard to treat.
  • Smokers uniformly have some degree of COPD, which compounds the problems of recovering from a pneumonia, irrespective of the bug.
  • Add diabetes and Cushing's syndrome and outcome is pretty predictable.
  
  
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