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AI InsightConclusion: In patients presenting with confusion, obtaining detailed and repetitive history can be life-saving
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Abstract
In the case of patients presenting to the emergency department with confusion, many diseases should be considered in the differential diagnosis. Cerebral malaria is a serious complication of malaria presenting with somnolence, coma, delirium, and seizures and has a mortality rate of 20%.Case Report: In this report, we present the case of a patient who was brought by ambulance to the emergency department with sudden onset of confusion, which was eventually diagnosed as cerebral malaria. Conclusion: In patients presenting with confusion, obtaining detailed and repetitive history can be life-saving
Özet
Acil servise bilinç bulanıklığı ile başvuran hastalarda ayırıcı tanıda birçok hastalık gözden geçirilmelidir. Bir sıtma komplikasyonu olan serebral sıtma somnolans, koma, deliryum ve nöbetle seyreden, mortalitesi %20'leri bulan ciddi klinik bir tablodur.Olgu Sunumu: Acil servise ambulansla ani başlayan bilinç bulanıklığı ile getirilen ve serebral sıtma tanısı alan bir olgu sunulmuştur.Sonuç: Bilinç bulanıklığı ile başvuran hastalarda ayrıntılı ve tekrarlayan hikaye almak hayat kurtarıcı olabilmektedir