8 results
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
workup 1) Clinical ... diagnosis Cognitive ... (parkinsonian signs ... #Differential # ... #Geriatrics #Workup
Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection (PIMS-TS)
Clinical features
all: fever > 101.3 F
most: oxygen
infection (PIMS-TS) Clinical ... features all: ... neck swelling #Pediatrics ... #coronavirus #diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Epiglottitis - Swollen inflamed epiglottis 
Clinical (Rapid onset) 
 • Fever 
 • Sore throat
inflamed epiglottis Clinical ... #Epiglottitis #Signs ... #Causes #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Peds #Pediatrics
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... chromosome 21) Signs ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics ... #diagnosis #signs
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
2.
help you use the Clinical ... It's all about the ... Dementia doesn't ... Scale #CFS #Tips #Geriatrics ... #Diagnosis #Management
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... Patients with all ... types of dementias ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Elderly #Neurology #Geriatrics
Floppy Baby Syndrome
 • Infantile Botulism
 • Acute Flaccid Myelitis
 • Guillain Barre
 • Neonatal Myasthenia
Myasthenia Gravis Clinical ... LMN signs - Assess ... Baby #Syndrome #pediatrics ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
positive Romberg sign ... Examples: - Dementia ... Recurrent #Falls #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Evaluation #Geriatrics