To accurately assess and diagnose this patient’s condition, the clinician needs to eliminate other possible diagnoses such as dehydration, sepsis, and pulmonary embolism. There is information to ...
Daily Dose: Sudden Weakness In this edition of Daily Dose, a viewer asks Dr. Lacy Anderson what could be causing their sudden generalized weakness.
A 52-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) after experiencing vomiting, sweating, and generalized weakness for the past 12 hours. He notes that he suddenly started having generalized ...