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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Diagnosis • Neurologic ... Thyroid disease • Infectious ... Insomnia, HTN, PRES, Pain ... Delirium - VA Joint ... Mental #Status #AMS
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... Chronicity: • Acute ... (bacterial), acute ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Systemic N - Neurologic ... Eye/Temple • Pain ... Hypoglycemia Anatomy - Acute ... Chung, MD, MSc
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... the time course (acute ... conditions such as ... #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
characterized by: • Headache ... mental status • Headache ... may precede the neurologic ... edema visualized as ... Reversible course Differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
or at work) - acute ... dissection: unilateral pain ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... encephalopathy: altered ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
of sinus or ear infection ... illness, such as ... parasitic or fungal infection ... altered mentation ... signs #symptoms #differential
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome Acute ... inflammation of the joints ... - Fatigue - Headaches ... Inflammation and pain ... of the joints (
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Symptoms: • Acute ... rigidity) • Altered ... /l is regarded as ... diagnosis #neurology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
50 years • New headache ... affects the skin, neurologic ... vesicular eruption • Joints ... Palpable purpura, joint ... involvement, abdominal pain