This case involves a 45-year-old male patient with a history of severe depression and seizures. He was admitted to a psychiatric facility following a suicide attempt and was given several psychiatric evaluations. The patient was deemed in severe and …
NEUROLOGY EXPERT WITNESS CASE STUDIES
This case involves a 26-year-old male patient with bipolar disorder and severe depression who was prescribed the antipsychotic aripipiprazole. This patient had a family history of bipolar disorder and alcoholism. While taking the antipsychotic medi …
This case involves an 8-year-old boy with a history of idiopathic epilepsy who slipped and fell down the stairs at his school. The boy fell down 11 steps and hit his head on the way down. Prior to the accident, the boy’s epilepsy was well controlled with …
This case involves a 36-year-old pregnant woman who had experienced debilitating headaches throughout her pregnancy. She was admitted to the hospital due to preeclampsia. Prior to the delivery, the patient continued to have excruciating headaches. The …
This case involves a 56-year-old female with a history of hypertension who presented with complaints of extremity and tongue numbness as well as slurred speech. Upon evaluation, it was noted that the patient had signs of left facial droop. A CT scan wa …
This case involves an overweight diabetic female patient who presented to the emergency room with aphasia and limited range of mobility. After being admitted, she was unable to move her extremities. The emergency room physician called a stroke code a …
This case involves a 49-year-old male biomedical engineer who was involved in a serious multi-car crash during a storm. At the time of the accident, the engineer was the driver and was not wearing a seatbelt. The engineer’s car was slammed into by another …
This case involves an individual who suffered a traumatic brain injury at an industry conference when a display fell over and hit her. While the woman was walking through a sponsor’s display, one of the structural beams caved in and the displa …
This case involves a child who suffered severe neurological damage from inhaling toxic fumes that entered an aircraft cabin on a commercial flight from Chicago to Seattle. The air used to pressurize the aircraft cabin of the plane was redirected from …
This case involves a middle-aged man who was injured during a bus accident. The man was sitting in the front of the bus in the first row of seating and was not wearing his seatbelt. During the ride, the bus driver rear-ended a car that stopped s …