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Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
Acute Altered Mental ... AMS is just a symptom ... Workup 5) Treat ... #criticalcare # ... encephalopathy #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Seizures • Altered ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs ... #management #neurology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
extremities, fatigue, altered ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare #
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... - Infectious workup ... or TSH level if symptoms ... monitoring (vital signs ... #CriticalCare
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Proposed Mechanism: Altered ... May have typical HF ... Delivery • Stable ... teratogenic GDMT meds