A 72-Year-Old Man with Rapid Cognitive Decline

Mariam Goubran; Katrina R Dutkiewicz

doi:10.1056/EVIDmr2300086

A 72-Year-Old Man with Rapid Cognitive Decline

NEJM Evid. 2023 Sep;2(9):EVIDmr2300086. doi: 10.1056/EVIDmr2300086. Epub 2023 Aug 22.

Authors

Mariam Goubran¹, Katrina R Dutkiewicz¹

Affiliation

¹ from the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of British Columbia.

PMID: 38320176
DOI: 10.1056/EVIDmr2300086

Abstract

A 72-Year-Old Man with Rapid Cognitive DeclineA previously healthy 72-year-old man presented for evaluation of an acute episode of confusion. He subsequently had a profound functional and cognitive decline. How do you approach the evaluation, and what is the diagnosis?

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cognitive Dysfunction*
Confusion*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male