70-Year-Old Patient's Case Study

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This 70-year-old patient who presented after what appeared to be a syncopal episode. According to her grandson the patient had a change in mental status at home she was cooking, felt dizzy, went down to sit down and slumped over. It was estimated that she was out with loss of consciousness for about 15 minutes. She was subquently brought to the emergency room. When she did awake she was somewhat confused. She has a prior history of a stroke in 2014, dyslipidemia and hypertension. Initial evaluation her blood pressure was 135/96. Her heart rate was 60. Her EKG had sinus rhythm with no significant abnormalities. Her CT of her head showed no acute mass or infarct. There was also suspicion of urinary tract infection and the patient was

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