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Summary of clinical findings for patients with encephalitis, by cause

#Encephalitis #Signs #Symptoms #Table #Diagnosis #Differential #CSF
, by cause #Encephalitis ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Table #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... CSF
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Dyspnea - Differential ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
hallucinations CSF ... are common • CSF ... Acute meningeal signs ... CSF Analysis: ... established by CSF
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
• Neurologic: Encephalitis ... Retinitis (Most common cause ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #signs #symptoms
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
- Differential ... temporal evolution, CSF ... hemorrhage • CSF ... cystic lesions • CSF ... comparable to CSF
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
without other cause ... symptoms • Fever ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
according to Blue Protocol ... Differential Bilat ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... edema, ARDS, interstitial ... partially seen shred sign
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
• Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... sensory level • CSF ... inflammation: CSF ... Sjogren's • CSF
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... the brain • CSF ... cell count in the CSF ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... ) Meningitis, encephalitis ... cerebrospinal fluid (CSF ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential