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Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
Alice in Wonderland ... (Many causes!) ... lesions (e.g. stroke ... Wonderland #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #neurology #differential
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Bacteremia, Sepsis • Kidneys ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical illness ... • Neuro: UMN (stroke ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Causes of Tremors ... E deficiency, stroke ... Dystonia • Metabolic ... Thyroid, Liver, Kidney ... MovementDisorders #Neurology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
DiagnosisNeurologic ... : Stroke, Cerebral ... Encephalitis • Metabolic ... Mental #Status #AMS ... Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... metals), Critical illness ... Malnutrition, Metabolic ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... involvement: Muscles, Kidneys ... • Labs: - Metabolic ... diagnosis #causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... hypokalemia and metabolic ... #causes #Differential
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
complications such as ... differentiating kidney ... #Hypokalemia #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #differential ... #potassium #nephrology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Therefore, conditions caused ... upper lobes • Metabolic ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... lung #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... circulation: MCA ACA ... Reversible course Differential ... Drug toxicity, Metabolic ... Constipation, Seizures, Stroke