Altered Mental Status: Common Causes & First Steps - Emergency Medicine | Lecturio

[@dancisuaka2328]

This is very great lecture because we always see people rushing to psychiatric clinic or hospital before even examining the patient when it comes to altered mental state. i have seen this several times in psychiatric hospital where i am based since about 4 years now. Thank for this excellent presentation

[@thomasthecounselor]

Great video! I work as a Mental Health professional in a jail system. It can be difficult to determine the causes of AMS and this video offers a good concise explanation of the variables involved.

[@ems7623]

As a mental health professional, don't you find that phrase "altered mental status" practically useless?

[@user-ky1kv8pd3e]

Yes, one hospital I was at put me on a psychiatric unit while I was basically slowly dying from an infection and dealt with physical altercations while hallucinating and being in and out of my mind. It took said hospital three whole days to figure out I had an infection and move me to isolation. The psychiatric meds that they put me on further made hallucinations from infection-based delirium even worse to where I couldn’t communicate properly. Since then other hospitals have treated me better when this happens with infections, but the first hospital left me with bad PTSD. Antibiotics do the trick every time to fix me.

[@kevsonkeyboard]

A story I heard from a lecture was when a heat stroke patient (which also causes Altered Mental Status) we cooled down enough that he was back to normal. He then proposed to his fiancee afterwards. All the male healthcare members thought "ehhh, he's still altered".

[@claydoh_27]

Can you do a video on CVAs? And TIAs? I would love to see those broken down and techniques of diagnosis and management.

[@aemeroamox6878]

Excellent,I love your presentation

[@NishantGogna]

This is excellent, thank you!

[@ems7623]

Bizarre concept given how ambiguous it is. Is the term really very useful beyond saying "They are not thinking clearly?"

[@catherinekarimi4306]

From Kenya..thankyou

[@chungfattsui715]

Thanksgiving ! Glad to hearing you soon.

[@polplusnurse]

Great explanation! Thank you so much. I will watch all the videos.

[@nats3958]

Awesome, Thank you very much!

[@curtisallred7250]

My grandfather has been going through this because he has cirrhosis of the liver and he has to take lactulose to stop it.

[@shritimalagoswami5582]

Thanks from India

[@amberblyledge7859]

I have hypoglycemia. It has not made me faint, but it sometimes makes me stupid. My liver does dump sugar, I believe, but super late, like 3 hours later. Blood tests say I am not diabetic.

[@readinreversetihs569]

Are you fat?

[@dr.farragmegahed284]

Good video Thanks

[@suleqomm4983]

Thanks from Somalia

[@theworldstarchannel3824]

Asc

[@theworldstarchannel3824]

Abaayo hadad fahantay ii sharax wllshey sifiican english ka uma aqaane altered mental maxaa ladhahaa abayo

[@andythomson2706]

Great channel. Do you guys do paediatric stuff?

[@khamikos1]

perfect.thanks formGreece

[@connormamikunian2380]

Love asking who the president is and the response is just a exasperated groan... I consider this response as a normal finding ;)

[@maqboolbalouchi4025]

Thanks

[@kilcar]

Nothing like introducing POLITICS into the ER environment. Perhaps we need a seminar on Caregiver TDS ( Trump Derangement Syndrome) If you have ever altered mental status presenting in a patient, and struggle to diagnose and treat, you would not be so flip and unprofessional in your barb remarks.

[@readinreversetihs569]

Mayve the turks did right in 1914

[@billboyle1588]

​@@kilcarYou're obviously a hospital professional -- I'm guessing, 'candy-striper'(?) Because if you've ever been about ER staff talking "off mic" about 'GOMERs' you'd spare us your own 'disordered speech' presentation.

[@WDBsirLocksight]

Does MMSE work when somebody has autism/ADHD...? @18:30 Also hormones and gut-mediated pathology not included.

[@sheshlane]

Can withdrawal from chronic Marijuana abuse cause altered mental status that lasts for weeks?

[@drfahadalsaleh7101]

Thanks a lot

[@maqboolbalouchi4025]

Informative

[@dr.sadafrahman5661]

Splendid Approach

[@kathoelt]

I have to say this- not having a nurse or PCT to check a BGL is NOT a valid reason for not having the BGL. There is no reason a doctor, NP, or PA can’t perform a finger stick.

[@mahdisjahanbakhsh4759]

Como siempre fue muy bien

[@hemandas5360]

Great👍👍👍👍👍

[@fredastaire6156]

These seem like dynamite lecture videos but In cautions in that nobody from the channel answers questions. Will this be the same if we subscribe to the videos?

[@readinreversetihs569]

It's a paid service. They answer to their customers. These are just some of their lectures on KZbin to attract customers

[@DnyaFaruq]

Thanx from Kurdistan

[@rose_bristo1366]

👍👍

[@priestessliletheudora432]

Patients can have bipolar with psychosis

[@ems7623]

There's a whole range of psychiatric possibilities