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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
- Differential ... Diagnosis • Neurologic ... : Stroke, Cerebral ... Uremia, Hepatic encephalopathy ... #Status #AMS #Differential
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Algorithm and Management ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Stroke ... #CVA #Differential ... #neurology #treatment
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Meningitis, Myelopathy, Encephalopathy ... (for secondary APS ... prevention (statin for CVA ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
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
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Framework and Management ... Heat injury, Heat stroke ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #nephrology
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
• Muscular or neurologic ... most commonly stroke ... Other - ALS, Dementia ... disorder → EGD Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... clear cause) Management ... Calcium 2-3g IV Ca-gluconate ... #Treatment #potassium ... #nephrology #K
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... headache, altered mental ... • Symptoms: AMS ... • VZV • HIV encephalopathy
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
of Myoclonus - Differential ... encephalopathies, post stroke ... degenerations, dementias ... Glu, thyroid), encephalopathy ... Diagnosis #Causes #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Reactive Arthritis, AS ... Treatment: • Oral ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management