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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... Diagnosis • Neurologic ... UTI, Pneumonia, Sepsis ... Encephalitis, Abscess ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
- Differential ... Vascular: Stroke, Hypertension ... brain injury • Infectious ... Encephalitis, Brain Abscess ... #neurology
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
(hypotension persisting ... ≥ 4mmol.l-1 if infection ... likely underlying cause ... devices could have caused ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... • Prolonged hypotension ... Inflammatory disease • Infection ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Hypotension ... toxicity → 3-10 o Sepsis ... #Differential # ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Encephalitis, Abscess ... #causes #primary ... #secondary #management ... #neurology
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
anaesthesia • Sepsis ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Inflammatory: infectious ... (sepsis) or not ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
after an initial injection ... establish intravenous access ... therapies to treat hypotension ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management