VisualDx Helps Medicine Team Diagnose Hallucinating Hiker

A medicine student at AT Still School of Osteopathic Medicine tells of a time his team used VisualDx to diagnose a hiker with hallucinations.

“54F presents with altered mental status. Patient is an avid hiker and exercises multiple times a week. Patient has no significant medical history. Family reports she was acting strange for the past two days. Patient has also reported some hallucinations. Family states that she has been working out more lately and has been drinking a lot of water to rehydrate. Patient was admitted to the medicine service. Extensive lab work was done that showed a sodium level was 120. Patient was diagnosed with hyponatremia. Team started corrected sodium level by 0.5meq/hr with hypertonic saline. VisualDx helped since it allows doctors to see cases such as this to diagnose quickly.”