Date of Presentation
5-2-2024 12:00 AM
College
Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
Poster Abstract
We report a case of an 80-year-old female who presented to the emergency department as altered mental status and diagnosed with pneumoperitoneum requiring immediate surgical intervention. The differential for altered mental status is vast but for a patient who was initially hypoglycemic on ED arrival, suspected drug overdose was at the forefront until the patient was intubated for airway protection and chest radiograph for confirmatory endotracheal tube placement showed pneumoperitoneum.
Keywords
Pneumoperitoneum, Altered Mental Status, Confusion
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms | Surgical Procedures, Operative
Document Type
Poster
Included in
Diagnosis Commons, Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Commons, Surgical Procedures, Operative Commons
Case Report: Pneumoperitoneum in the Setting of Altered Mental Status
We report a case of an 80-year-old female who presented to the emergency department as altered mental status and diagnosed with pneumoperitoneum requiring immediate surgical intervention. The differential for altered mental status is vast but for a patient who was initially hypoglycemic on ED arrival, suspected drug overdose was at the forefront until the patient was intubated for airway protection and chest radiograph for confirmatory endotracheal tube placement showed pneumoperitoneum.