To the Editor: A middle-aged male night-shift driver experienced dizziness, vomiting, sudden onset of limb weakness, and then collapsed and became delirious. He had no past history of renal impairment or hypertension.
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- 1 Acute Rehabilitation, Southern Health, Melbourne, VIC.
- 2 Monash–Epworth Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
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