A 69-year-old patient with a history of alcohol abuse presents to the emergency room (ER) after a month-long episode of headaches and confusion. The patient's history and symptomology support which medical diagnosis?
a. Concussion
b. Chronic subdural hematoma
c. Epidural hematoma
d. Subacute subdural hematoma
ANS: B
Chronic subdural hematomas are commonly found in persons who abuse alcohol and develop over weeks to months. A concussion is more acute in nature. Epidural hematomas are not associ-ated with the patient's history or symptoms. Subacute subdural hematomas present with confu-sion but are more acute in nature.
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