A 50-year-old man with chronic heavy alcohol use presents with confusion, disorientation and visual hallucinations that developed over 24 hours while ...

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A 50-year-old man with chronic heavy alcohol use presents with confusion, disorientation and visual hallucinations that developed over 24 hours while in hospital for pancreatitis. He is tremulous and hypertensive. Which diagnosis best explains his presentation?

Accepted Answer

Delirium tremens

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Hepatic encephalopathy

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Wernicke encephalopathy

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Major depressive episode with psychotic features

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Schizophrenia

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Delirium tremens

A 50-year-old man with chronic heavy alcohol use presents with confusion, disorientation and visual hallucinations that developed over 24 hours while in hospital for pancreatitis. He is tremulous and hypertensive. Which diagnosis best explains his presentation?