
|Articles|September 1, 2001
PEDIATRIC PUZZLER Mental status changes in a 9-year-old: Pressing ahead to a diagnosis
The 9-year-old boy in the emergency department examining room is significantly hypertensive. He is here because his mother called 911 after she discovered him on the bathroom floor limp, staring, unresponsive, and making a "clucking" noise.
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