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Should my elderly hospitalized patient with acute onset of altered mental status undergo stat head CT?

Gilad Muth, DO, Thomas A. Bayer, MD and Richard Libman, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2023, 90 (5) 283-285; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22023
Gilad Muth
Department of Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
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Thomas A. Bayer
Office of Academic Affiliations Advanced Research Fellow, Center of Innovation in Long-Term Services and Support, Providence Veterans Administration Medical Center, Providence, RI; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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Richard Libman
Department of Neurology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY
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vol. 90 no. 5 283-285
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22023
PubMed 
37127341

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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0891-1150
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1939-2869
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  • Published online May 1, 2023.

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  1. Gilad Muth, DO
  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
  1. Thomas A. Bayer, MD
  1. Office of Academic Affiliations Advanced Research Fellow, Center of Innovation in Long-Term Services and Support, Providence Veterans Administration Medical Center, Providence, RI; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
  1. Richard Libman, MD⇑
  1. Department of Neurology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY
  1. Address:
    Richard Libman, MD, Professor, Department of Neurology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 611 Northern Boulevard, Suite 150, Great Neck, NY 11021; rlibman{at}northwell.edu
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