Publicación: Alteración del estado mental, reporte de un caso
dc.contributor.author | Monroy Pereira, Sandra Marcela | spa |
dc.contributor.author | Teherán Valderrama, Aníbal | spa |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-07T10:13:15Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-05T14:24:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-07-07T10:13:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-08-05T14:24:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-07-07 | |
dc.description.abstract | La alteración del estado de conciencia es una situación que puede corresponder a múltiples entidades, el diagnóstico y por ende el manejo correcto depende del adecuado abordaje que se le dé al paciente que se presenta al servicio de urgencias con esta alteración. A continuación, se presenta un caso clínico de un paciente de 37 años que es llevado por un familiar al servicio de urgencias por un cuadro de deterioro en el estado de conciencia, asociado a distermias, alucinaciones visuales y auditivas, temblor generalizado, marcado rechazoa la vía oral, tos con expectoración hemoptoica, con antecedente de consumo pesado de alcohol. Al ingreso paciente en mal estado general, taquicárdico, polipnéico, hipertenso, febril, deshidratado, con IMC bajo, a nivel neurológico desorientado, con actitud alucinatoria, temblor de predominio axial, por lo que como primera posibilidad se consideró síndrome de abstinencia por alcohol, con delirium tremens, se sospechó posible tuberculosis pulmonar, por lo que se iniciómanejo con benzodiacepinas, agonista α2 y tiamina, con mejoría únicamenteen valores de cifras tensionales y disminución del temblor, sin embargo persiste con actividad alucinatoria y fl uctuación en el estado de conciencia, se tomaron múltiples paraclínicos, los cuales mostraron un líquido cefalorraquídeo sugestivo de meningitis bacteriana en el que también se detectó bacilo tuberculoso, por lo que se inició cubrimiento antibiótico de amplio espectro que luego seescalonó según aislamiento y antibiograma, también se inició tetraconjugadopara tuberculosis meníngea, con mejoría de los síntomas de ingreso, sin secuelas neurológicas.CONCLUSIÓN: un abordaje adecuado en el servicio de emergencias del paciente que ingresa con alteración del estado mental, es la guía más importante para poder realizar un diagnóstico certero y así instaurar un tratamiento adecuado y efectivo. | spa |
dc.description.abstract | The altered state of consciousness is an issue that can be related with several entities, diagnosis and therefore the appropriate handling relays on the adequate approach to the patient who comes to ER services with such alteration. Here is a clinical case of a 37 patient who was indicted to ER services by a relative with deteriorate state of consciousness symptoms associated with dysthermias, visual and auditory hallucinations, general shaking, strong orally rejection, coughing with hemoptoic expectoration, with alcohol consumption background. At the entry he showed general physical discomfort, tachycardia, polypneic, hypertensive, febrile, dehydrated, with low BMI; in neurological level,disoriented with hallucinatory attitude, predominance axial shivering. Therefore, the fi rst possibility was considered as alcohol withdrawal symptoms with delirium tremens. Pulmonary tuberculosis was considered so it was necessarybenzodiazepine treatment including agonist a2 and thiamine. He showed improvement only in blood tension fi gures and shaking reduction. However, hallucinatory activities and state of consciousness fl uctuations persist. Complementary tests were taken and they showed cerebrospinal fl uid which suggest bacterial meningitis as well as tubercle bacillus sothat a spread spectrum antibiotic cover was started and staggered according to isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Also meningeal tuberculosis tetra conjugate was made and it showed improvement of the beginning symptoms without neurological effects.CONCLUSION: An appropriate approach to the patient that comes to ER services with mental state alteration, is the most important guide in order to make an accurate diagnosis and start an adequate and effective treatment. | eng |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | spa |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.26752/cuarzo.v22.n1.147 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2500-7181 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0121-2133 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.juanncorpas.edu.co/handle/001/382 | |
dc.identifier.url | https://doi.org/10.26752/cuarzo.v22.n1.147 | |
dc.language.iso | spa | spa |
dc.publisher | Fundación Universitaria Juan N. Corpas | spa |
dc.relation.bitstream | https://revistas.juanncorpas.edu.co/index.php/cuarzo/article/download/147/142 | |
dc.relation.citationendpage | 72 | |
dc.relation.citationissue | 1 | spa |
dc.relation.citationstartpage | 66 | |
dc.relation.citationvolume | 22 | spa |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Revista Cuarzo | spa |
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dc.rights | Sandra Marcela Monroy Pereira, Aníbal Teherán Valderrama - 2017 | spa |
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dc.source | https://revistas.juanncorpas.edu.co/index.php/cuarzo/article/view/147 | spa |
dc.subject | Altered mental status | eng |
dc.subject | delirium tremens | eng |
dc.subject | neuroinfection. | eng |
dc.subject | Alteración del estado mental | spa |
dc.subject | delirium tremens | spa |
dc.subject | neuroinfección. | spa |
dc.title | Alteración del estado mental, reporte de un caso | spa |
dc.title.translated | Alteration of mental state, a case report | eng |
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