A Red Flag

doi:10.1056/NEJMcps0802754

Volume 360:2005-2010		May 7, 2009		Number 19

A Red Flag

Reza Fazel, M.D., M.Sc., Gurpreet Dhaliwal, M.D., Sanjay Saint, M.D., M.P.H., and Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, M.D., M.P.H.

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In this Journal feature, information about a real patient ispresented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician,who responds to the information, sharing his or her reasoningwith the reader (regular type). The authors' commentary follows.

A 64-year-old man was brought to the emergency department becauseof sudden-onset blurred vision in both eyes and diplopia, aswell as a frontal headache that had begun earlier that day.On presentation, he was noted to have an altered mental status,and a history was obtained with help from his family. He reportedhaving no fevers, chills, or focal weakness. His . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta (R.F.); the Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center — both in San Francisco (G.D.); and Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School — both in Ann Arbor (S.S., B.K.N.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Fazel at the Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Bldg. A, Suite 1-N., 1256 Briarcliff Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30306, or at rfazel@emory.edu.