21 results
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Causes of Dementia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Paraneoplastic disorder ... #Neurology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Degenerative • Dementia ... • Conversion Disorder ... Provoked #Seizures #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
neurocognitive disorders ... a hierarchy of diagnostic ... (required for diagnosis ... sleep behavior disorder ... #pathophysiology
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Neurocognitive Disorders ... Reversible Causes of "Dementia ... #dementia #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
neurocognitive disorders ... (MNCD): Diagnosis ... 1) Clinical diagnosis ... functions - Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia ... hallucinations - Movement disorders
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Aphasia • Apraxia ... Cognition/Confusion, Dementia ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
incontinence, apraxia ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... #pathophysiology ... #geriatrics #diagnosis
Renal Tubular Disorders

 • Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type 1)
 • Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type
Renal Tubular Disorders ... Acidosis #Types #pathophysiology ... #nephrology #diagnosis
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
impairment • HIV dementia ... Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: MRI ... #dementia #AIDS ... #Neurology
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Symptom | Diagnosis ... • Muscular or neurologic ... Other - ALS, Dementia ... #Differential #Diagnosis