84-Year-Old Man With Headache, Nausea, and Syncope

An 84-year-old man with gastroesophageal reflux disease, hypothyroidism, benign prostatic hyperplasia, chronic constipation, and acute  myelogenous leukemia with myelodysplastic-related changes including chronic anemia, currently in remission, presented to the emergency department for the evaluation of an unwitnessed fall. The patient's wife had been in the adjoining room and reported hearing the patient fall and found him on the floor next to his chair at the kitchen table. She did not observe any abnormal or rhythmic movements.

Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings - October 31, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Benjamin A. Satterfield, Subir Bhatia, Abhiram Prasad Tags: Residents' clinic Source Type: research