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

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Altered Mental ... Status (AMS) - Differential ... encephalopathy ... Renal: • Acute ... #altered #Differential
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... HIV, or lyme • Altered ... encephalopathy ... arteritis • Acute ... glaucoma (AACG) • Benign
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... being the most ... Reversible course Differential ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... the underlying cause
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... or at work) - acute ... encephalopathy: ... altered mentation ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Loss of sodium/Potassium ... CNS dysfunction (encephalopathy ... instability, Confusion, Altered ... #diagnosis #causes
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... History of previous benign ... intracranial hypertension ... altered mentation ... signs #symptoms #differential