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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... Diagnosis • Neurologic ... : Stroke, Cerebral ... #AMS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
NCCT) head (r/o hemorrhage ... and other mimics ... +/- TEE (high Afib ... #stroke #workup ... diagnosis #checklist #neurology
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
often classified as ... Cerebellar infarct or hemorrhage ... - Strong Medicine ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
- Differential ... infarction and hemorrhage ... Inflammation: Meningitis ... contusion • Tumours: CPA ... Otitis media - Amy
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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HIV, or lyme • Altered ... conditions: • Stroke ... thrombosis • Hemorrhage ... infection (e.g., meningitis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
meningovascular (stroke ... rigidity) • Altered ... /l is regarded as ... a strong indicator ... #diagnosis #neurology
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
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... include a: • Neurologic ... cause unknown) ... ) ○ Meningitis ... , CVA • Infectious
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Fever, headache, altered ... mental status, ... Demyelinating disease caused ... • Symptoms: AMS
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... illness, such as ... Subarachnoid hemorrhage ... followed by acute altered ... signs #symptoms #differential