Must-listen podcast: anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

  < As part of its “Best Case Ever” series, the Emergency Medicine Cases podcast has a superb discussion by Dr. David Carr of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, a relatively new but important diagnosis that is generally under-recognized and often missed. To listen to it, click here. The reason this diagnosis is of interest to toxicologists is that during the early psychotic stage of the disease patients may be treated with a neuroleptic agent. During later stages when movement disorders and autonomic instability supervene, it is easy to misdiagnose the condition as neuroleptic malignant syndrome. The television report from KYW CBS News in Philadelphia is also well worth watching, especially for the clips of how the disease presents. The following is also instructive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcd8_1CooZ8   Related post: Must-read: Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Source: The Poison Review - Category: Toxicology Authors: Tags: Medical anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis Source Type: news