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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
) - Differential ... • PRES • Sympathetic ... Hyperthyroidism CNS: • Stroke ... #Hypertension #AMS ... #encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Mitochondrial Encephalopathy ... #Mimics #CVA #Differential ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... • Neurologic: Stroke ... , Hepatic encephalopathy ... Insomnia, HTN, PRES ... Mental #Status #AMS
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
Oxygen, Opiates U - Uremia ... Poisoning S - Stroke ... #MentalStatus #AMS ... #encephalopathy ... #diagnosis #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Treatment
Blood pressure control:
 • Aim for 10-25% BP reduction within
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Syndrome (PRES) ... - Strong Medicine ... Syndrome #Treatment #Management ... #Neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
 •
Generalized Weakness - Differential ... ILD, OSA, pHTN, Anemia ... • Neuro: UMN (stroke ... Generalized #Weakness #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension Management ... • Hypertensive Encephalopathy ... Acute Ischemic Stoke ... Injury • Pre-Eclampsia ... inhibitors) - Amy
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Reversible course Differential ... Constipation, Seizures, Stroke ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Meningitis, Myelopathy, Encephalopathy ... Cerebrovascular Disease, PRES ... (for secondary APS ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Bartter's syndrome (mimics ... exercise, Heat stroke ... megaloblastic anemia ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology