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Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Meningitis • Encephalitis ... Hypocalcemia • Hyponatremia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
Diagnostic Approach to Hyponatremia
Box A:
 • Normo/hyperosmolar Hyponatremia: Glucose, Mannitol, Glycine, Contrast media, Maltose
 • Pseudohyponatremia:
Diagnostic Approach ... to Hyponatremia ... Normo/hyperosmolar Hyponatremia ... Primary Polydipsia, Low ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infectious: Meningitis, Encephalitis ... Hyperglycemia, Hyponatremia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Causes of Altered ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Meningitis • Encephalitis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Approach to Low Back Pain - Differential Algorithm
- Non-MSK
- Axial / Musculoskeletal
- Radicular
- Systemic Disease (Do
Approach to Low ... - Differential Algorithm ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Causes
Hyponatremia Diagnosis Algorithm
UOsm ≥ POsm - Vasopressin-Dependent
 • UNa < 20 mEq/L - Appropriate (↓ EABV)
Hyponatremia Diagnosis ... Algorithm UOsm ... Primary polydipsia, Low ... #differential #algorithm ... #causes #nephrology
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ADH Independent:
 • Tea and Toast Syndrome, Beer Potomania - Low solute
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Beer Potomania - Low ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes #nephrology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Sepsis • Encephalitis ... Hypocalcemia • Hyponatremia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
 •
Causes of Approach ... Meningitis • Encephalitis ... Concussion • Encephalitis ... diagnosis #workup #algorithm ... #Causes
Causes of Headache - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary: Tension, Migraine, Cluster
Extracranial: Medications, Sinusitis, TMJ disorder, Cervicogenic, Glaucoma,
Causes of Headache ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infectious: Meningitis, Encephalitis ... Pseudotumor Cerebri, Low ... #algorithm