Emergency Medicine for Medical Students and Residents
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A 35 year old female, recently divorced, presents to the emergency department at 1630. The nursing note provides the following information:

Quit accounting job earlier in the day
Left work at noon
Took "handful" of pills and small amount EtOH
Found by boyfriend, incoherent, at 1430
Seizure

Vital signs
T 36.8 C
HR 110, regular
BP 124/81
RR 18
SaO2 100% on RA

As you enter the room, the patient begins seizing again. She is put into the proper position and protected from further injury. The seizure resolves within minutes.
What is your differential diagnosis at this point?

Responses: choose any, all or none
 
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