Geriatrics

The wife of a 75-year-old previously healthy man calls her internist to report her husband’s acute episode of “confusion.”

A 72-year-old woman presented with new-onset right hip pain. Approximately 2 weeks prior, she had fallen on her right hip while walking her dogs.

A 66-year-old, right-handed man presented to the emergency department (ED) reporting the perception of hearing speech “in fast forward.” The perception was intermittent; episodes lasted for a few minutes...

A 74-year-old man presented to the clinic complaining of chest pain. He described the pain as an intermittent discomfort, which was localized to the middle of the sternum without radiation.

A 63-year-old man with hypertension was prescribed amlodipine for blood pressure control. Three days after initiating treatment, he developed an extremely pruritic rash on his back.

A 51-year-old man who works in the delivery services industry presented with bilateral leg edema, weight loss, and fatigue. He has lost more than 4.5 kg (10 lb) in the past 4 months without dieting. In...

A 72-year-old man presented to the hospital for an apparent thrombotic stroke. Regarding the present illness, the patient’s history began about 3 months prior, when a friend noticed that the patient’s left...

A 68-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with pleuritic left-sided chest pain associated with shortness of breath and a productive cough with clear sputum but no hemoptysis.

A 61-year-old man was hospitalized for worsening cutaneous ulcerations on his head, extremities, and trunk.

A 62-year-old woman presented to a palliative care clinic for follow-up of symptom management. She reported a recent fall after unexpectedly being shocked by her implantable cardioverter-defibrillator...