Blog 5

 November 01 2022

 CASE OF ALTERED SENSORIUM SECONDARY TO DKA.

THIS IS AN ONLINE E LOG BOOK TO DISCUSS OUR PATIENT'S DE - IDENTIFIED HEALTH DATA SHARED AFTER TAKING HIS / HER /GUARDIAN'S SIGNED INFORMED CONSENT .HERE WE DISCUSS OUR INDIVIDUAL PATIENT'S PROBLEMS THROUGH SERIES OF INPUTS FROM AVAILABLE GLOBAL ONLINE COMMUNITY OF EXPERTS WITH AN AIM TO SOLVE THOSE CLINICAL PROBLEMS WITH COLLECTIVE CURRENT BEST EVIDENCE BASED INPUT 

  

A 50 year male farmer ,manual labourer,brought  to casualty with h/o altered sensorium since 1 day

H/o fever since 4 days.

HISTORY OF PRESENTING ILLNESS -

Patient was apparently asymptomatic 4 days ago,then he developed fever which is high grade,No diurnal variation, associated with chills.

No h/o cough and GE symptoms. 

Attenders tells h/o stoppage of  OHA for 3days, h/o decreased intake of food as he has fever.

H/o altered sensorium since 1 day.

Irrelevant talk,not recognising attenders since this morning .

Able to move all four limbs,No h/o vomitings, head ache, seizures.

Took him to nalgonda hospital,

TLC-13,000

POT-5.0

CREATININE:2.9

SHIFTED HERE FOR FURTHUR MANAGEMENT. 

PAST HISTORY - 

H/o TB 2YRS back used ATT for 6 months.

Diagnosed as Type -2 Diabetes mellitus on OHA 1 YR back.

No H/O HTN,CVA,CAD,COVID-19.

PERSONAL HISTORY :

DIET - MIXED,

APPETITE -NORMAL ,

BOWEL MOVEMENT - REGULAR , 

BLADDER MOVEMENTS - REGULAR, ADDICTIONS-H/O  SMOKING 30yrs ago(1 pack per day)- 

ALCOHOL-REGULAR INTAKE OF 180ML  SINCE 30YRS,STOPPED SINCE 2YRS AFTER DIAGNOSIS OF TB.

RECENTLY ALCOHOL INTAKE ON JAN 15,2022.

FAMILY HISTORY:Non-significant.

TREATMENT HISTORY: on OHA SINCE 1YS.

ON ATT FOR 6MONTHS.

 

ON EXAMINATION -

PATIENT IS CONCIOUS , INCOHERENT  NON COOPERATIVE

 NO ICTRUS 

 NO PALLOR

CLUBBING:present.

 No  CYANOSIS , NO LYMPHADENOPATHY, NO  EDEMA

VITALS - 

TEMPERATURE - 97' F

PULSE RATE - 126BPM

BLOOD PRESSURE - 190/80 MM OF HG 

RESPIRATORY RATE - 28

SPO2 - 97 % AT ROOM AIR

 

GRBS-HIGH.

SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION - 

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM : S1 AND S2 HEARD , NO MURMURS

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM : 

BILATERAL AIR ENTRY PRESENT ,NORMAL VESICULAR BREATH SOUNDS

DYSPNOEA PRESENT.

P/A - soft,non tenderness 

, no organomegaly

CNS: 

Pt is conscious, inorientation ,non cooperative 

HMF: couldnot be elicited.

Motor system:unable to move right LL against gravity.

Tone - Rt Lt

U/L N N

L/L ?HYPO N            

Reflexes:

Biceps,triceps,supinator,knee,ankle:can't be elicited.

    

B/L PLANTAR EXTENSION PRESENT.

O/E NECK STIFFNESS PRESENT,APPEARS TO BE ?SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY.

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