Mental Status Changes
 
Introduction
Acute Confusion
   Infectious
   Metabolic
Cases
   Headache
   Fever & Confusion
   Focal Weakness
   Nice Doggie
   She's Talking a Lot
   Hemiparesis
   Unconscious
   Police Call

Common Causes of Acute Confusional States

  Systemic Conditions   Intracranial Conditions
  • Alcohol intoxication
    • Hypoglycemia
    • Malaria infection
    • Alcohol
  • Lobar pneumonia
  • Shock with circulatory failure
  • Typhoid fever
  • Hepatic failure
  • Hypovitaminosis
  • Meningitis
  • Acute head injury
  • Post traumatic head injury
  • Cerebral malaria
  • Encephalitis
  • Chronic subdural hematoma
  • CVA
  • Postictal epilepsy
  • HIV
    • Cognitive
    • Motor
Some Examples
 
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