Solve this exciting clinical case, specific to your field of interest via Docplexus’ Clinical Case Challenge. Join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today’s challenge. Case presentation A young girl was taken to the hospital in an unconscious state (Glasgow Coma Scale 3). Her body was cold and her fingertips had turned blue. The patient was intubated, ventilated and was initiated with dopamine infusion. Two days later, the patient was declared brain dead in the ICU.
Patient history The day before the presentation to the hospital, the patient had taken one tablet of Ecstasy (3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine [MDMA]) at a rave. The next morning, the girl could not be awakened and was rushed to the hospital. Following were the laboratory results of the patient: Hyponatremic on arrival with sodium level 126 mmol/L. Sodium level 3.5 h later was 134 mmol/L. Creatinine levels were…
