The case of a 69‐year‐old man with COVID‐19 and encephalopathy. Issue 1 (17th November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cline, Trevor E.; Sangha, Navdeep
• Is Part Of: Annals of clinical and translational neurology. Volume 8:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 300
• Page End: 301
• Publication Date: 2020-11-17
• Subjects: Nervous system -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Neurology -- Periodicals; 616.8005
• DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51250
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-9503

Abstract

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.