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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
- Differential ... Diagnosis • Neurologic ... : Stroke, Cerebral ... hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage ... Mental #Status #AMS
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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history of cancer, HIV ... , or lyme • Altered ... conditions: • Stroke ... thrombosis • Hemorrhage ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
Evaluation • ABCs • IV ... NCCT) head (r/o hemorrhage ... and other mimics ... ischemic #CVA #stroke ... diagnosis #checklist #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... Fever, headache, altered ... • Imaging: - Hemorrhage ... • Symptoms: AMS ... CNS #Infections #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... edema visualized as ... circulation: MCA ACA ... Reversible course Differential ... Constipation, Seizures, Stroke
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Herpesviruses (MCC: HSV ... meningovascular (stroke ... rigidity) • Altered ... /l is regarded as ... a strong indicator