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Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
Stroke Evaluation ... and Management ... Immediate Workup ... Management #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #differential #neurology
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Central: Stroke ... radiculopathy Other: • Psychiatric ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Differential Diagnosis of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
 - TIA/stroke 
 - Seizure 
 - Hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia
Differential Diagnosis ... Ischemic Attack and ... or lumbar spine disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
cause distress and ... crying; Diseases ... , Bilateral Strokes ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... and Management ... Algorithm #management #neurology ... #treatment
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Peripheral and Central ... vertigo, Méniére disease ... - Strong Medicine ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Diseases: Korsakoff ... Injury, Alzheimer's Disease ... Cortical Blindness, Psychiatric ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in size (micro and ... lesions (e.g. stroke ... • Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... Wonderland #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #neurology #differential
Parinaud's syndrome
What?
 • Light-near dissociation (tectal pupils)
 • Convergence retraction nystagmus
 • Eyelid retraction (Collier's sign)
sign • Vascular disease ... (stroke) Where? ... Dorsal midbrain and ... Parinauds #syndrome #neurology ... #diagnosis
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... : Serology (preferred ... : • Severe Disease ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology