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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... - Differential ... UTI, Pneumonia, Sepsis ... Encephalitis, Abscess ... #Mental #Status
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
•	Non-specific (infections vs non-infectious)
•	≥2 of the following:
o	Temp >38°C or <36°C
o	HR >90 bpm
o	RR
vs non-infectious ... high risk): o Altered ... mental status ( ... >2 mmol/L Management ... control (drain abscesses
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview A state ... Inflammatory: infectious ... AI, thyroid dz liver ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview A state ... Inflammatory: infectious ... AI, thyroid dz liver ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Neurological symptoms: Acute ... Reversible course Differential ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
Acute Altered Mental ... Status - Rapid ... Response Management ... glucose, security, access ... encephalopathy #differential
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
cold clammy skin, altered ... host response to infection ... insufficiency, acute ... types #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Postoperative status ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... (elevations of liver ... #differential #
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Classification ... cold clammy skin, altered ... host response to infection ... insufficiency, acute ... Types #diagnosis #management
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
encephalitis, abscess ... of sinus or ear infection ... Immunocompromised state ... altered mentation ... signs #symptoms #differential