![]() It could be another infection maybe like pneumonia, less likely to make someone just suddenly confused who's normally health, but a possibility. This person might need a spinal tap or a lumbar puncture to look for some kind of infection around their brain that's causing this. If they have a fever, I'm thinking possibly meningitis. Of course I want to know, did they have anything happen? Were they injured? Did they have a head injury? Are they using any drugs or medications? Anything like that, but in looking at the vital signs that's going to push me in one direction or another. They're not answering questions appropriately. Yeah, let's say they just seem like they're not quite there. I'm looking at the vital signs because that's what is really going to point me in one direction or another.įirst of all, I talk to the person. This can be very challenging but for me this is where vital signs are vital. ![]() Let's say it's a 40-year-old male who normally, has no health issues and just suddenly seems confused. Let's say we've got the average person out there. anything, just a urinary tract infection, like you said, can cause issues. ![]() You know, the average person, and we'll try not to get into the elderly people too much here because that's. Madsen, as far as symptoms go, if somebody seems confused all of a sudden, whether it is myself or somebody I'm with, what could be the underlying cause of that? For example, with elderly people I know a urinary tract infection can cause confusion, which blew me away.ĭr. Troy Madsen is an emergency physician at University of Utah Healthcare. ![]() Confusion as a symptom, what could that possibly mean?Īnnouncer: This is From the Front Lines with emergency room physician Dr. Interviewer: You or somebody you know suddenly seems very confused.
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