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Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Degenerative • Dementia ... Auras • Movement disorders ... Psychogenic • Panic Disorder ... • Conversion Disorder ... Provoked #Seizures #Neurology
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Causes of Dementia ... Cognitive Impairment - Differential ... - Treatable Causes ... Paraneoplastic disorder ... #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Shift Work) Sleep Disorders ... Limb Movement Disorder ... Medical/Psychiatric Disorders ... • Neurologic ... Disorders (Eg.
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Neurocognitive Disorders ... of "Dementia") ... Neurocognitive #Disorders ... #dementia #differential ... #neurology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
and Platelet Disorders ... - Differential ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... primary hematologic disorder ... Thrombocytopenia #Platelet #Disorders
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Infections - HIV ... or hyperadrenal disorders ... • Electrolyte disorders ... mimics #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #neurology
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
Disorder (HAND) ... Neurocognitive disorders ... dementia Pathophysiology ... symptoms • Movement disorders ... neurocognitive #disorder
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
neurocognitive disorders ... workup 1) Clinical ... hydrocephalus, HIV ... hallucinations - Movement disorders ... #Differential #
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Extraocular Movement Disorders ... Nerve Palsy • CN IV ... Extraocular #Movement #Disorders ... ophthalmology #neurology ... #differential #
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase - Causes ... COVID19, CMV/EBV, HIV ... Neuromuscular disorders ... connective tissue disorder ... #Elevated #CK #differential