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Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
- Differential ... - Infection: ... • Sepsis • ... Structural: • Head Injury ... #Epilepsy #Differential
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
 •
Arrhythmia • Neurologic ... Pneumonia • Sepsis ... Injury: • Deliberate ... Accidental* Other: • Acute ... #Infant #Differential
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
Causes of Provoked ... • Poisoning Infection ... • Sepsis • ... Structural: • Head Injury ... #Seizures #Provoked
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Hypercarbia • Infectious ... : Seizure w/ post-ictal ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Stroke #Mimics #CVA ... #neurology
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
Disturbances Neurologic ... : • Seizure ... Pneumonia • Sepsis ... Choking Spell Injury ... Breathing • Apnea of Infancy
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... narrowing on MRA/CTA ... Reversible course Differential ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute