Infection, hypertensive crisis, and medication noncompliance are differential diagnoses that should be considered when treating a patient who presents with:

A) acute chest pain.
B) unilateral weakness.
C) altered mental status.
D) vomiting and diarrhea.


Ans: C) altered mental status.

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