Sunday, November 28, 2021

55yrs old male with history of Seizures

55 year old male was bought to the casualty with complaints of 2 episodes of seizures 

Patient was apparently asymptommatic 6 months ago
History of CVA- left sided hemiplegia with deviation of mouth on the right side
2 months ago history of intake of oral hypoglycemic agents with no intake of food after which patient developed altered sensorium for which he was adnitted in our hospital and was diagnosed with medication induced hypoglycemia


At around 7: 30 am today while patient's attender  was giving a bath to the patient, he had tonic posturing of right upper limb with uprolling of eyeballs, frothing+ and patient became alright after 10 minutes
At around 1pm patient had similar episode when he was sleeping on bed and was immediately brought here 

No history of fever, vomitings, headache 

Patient is a known hypertensive on TAB. TELMA 40 MG OD
Known diabetic on TAB. METFORMIN 500 MG BD
History of CVA on TAB. ECOSPIRIN 
Patient has a lesion over his right buttock since 1yr uses an (?)ointment  local application.

Patient takes mixed diet, appetite normal, sleep adequate, bowel and bladder habits regular 

Vitals at the time of admission:
Temp: afebrile
PR: 110 bpm
BP: 160/100 mm hg
RR: 18cpm
Spo2: 98% at room air
GRBS: 107 mg/ dl 

CVS: S1S2+
RS: BEA+, NVBS+
P/ A: SOFT, NON TENDER
CNS:
Deviation of mouth to right
Speech- irrelavant
Cranial nerves-
Motor system 

Power
                UL                  LL
    Right.   5/5                5/5
    Left.      0/5.               0/5
Tone- B/L UL- increased
Reflexes B T. S K A plantar- 
             L 3+ 3+ 3+ +3 -. flexed 
            R - 1+ 3 +2 +2. - extensor
Gait- could not examine 

D- seizures under evaluation with post ictal confusion with left hemiplegia
With diabetes and hypertension 

Treatment:
INJ. LEVIPIL 1GM IV STAT 
INJ LEVIPIL 500 MG IV BD
INJ LORAZ 2CC IF SEIZURES+
TAB. TELMA 40 MG PO OD
INJ HAI ACC TO GRBS
RT FEEDS MILK WITH PROTEIN POWDER TID
BP/ PR CHARTING 2ND HOURLY
GRBS MONITORING 6TH HOURLY
W/F SEIZURE ACTIVITY

Soap notes 
No seizure episodes
Lethargic No fever spikes

0
Drowsy but arousable
BP:120/90 mmHg
PR:112 bpm
TEMP:98° f 
CVS:S1 S2 HEARD 
CNS: deviation of mouth to right
GRBS:106 mg/dl 
RS:BAE + ,NVBS

Tone: R.     L
UL      N   Increased
LL      N Increased

Power:
        R     L
UL  5/5  0/5
LL 5/5 0/5

Reflexes:BTSKA P
Right.      1+ 1+ 1+ 3+ 1+ flex
 Left        3+3+ 2+ 3+ 1+ ext

A
SEIZURES UNDER EVALUATION WITH POST ICTAL CONFUSION
DM +
HTN +
H/O CVA left sided

P
INJ.Levipil 500 mg iv bd
Inj.Loraz 2 cc iv sos
Inj Pantop 40 mg iv od
GRBS 6th hrly (8am 2pm 8pm 2am)
Inj H Actrapid acc to GRBS
Watch for seizure activity 
RT feeds milk 200ml RT TID
free water 100 ml 2nd hrly 
BP/ PR charting 2nd hrly

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