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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... Diagnosis • Neurologic ... Thyroid disease • Infectious ... UTI, Pneumonia, Sepsis ... Encephalitis, Abscess
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... Mycobacterium abscessus ... cause pulmonary infection ... catheter-related sepsis ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Generalized Weakness - Differential ... feel weak": • Infectious ... PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis ... Generalized #Weakness #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential ... Hypercarbia • Infectious ... neuronitis, CNS abscess ... • Neurologic: ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential ... Diagnosis • Infections ... : Cerebral abscess ... Enhancing #Lesions #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential ... nystagmus - Infection ... Cerebellar / Brainstem Abscess ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Event (ALTE) - Differential ... Disturbances Neurologic ... Pneumonia • Sepsis ... Urinary Tract Infection ... Event #ALTE #BRUE #Differential
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
- Management Algorithm ... endocarditis, epidural abscess ... CRBSI: • Severe sepsis ... limited vascular access ... #Management #Algorithm
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... brain injury • Infectious ... Encephalitis, Brain Abscess ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Intracranial tumor • Infection ... Encephalitis, Abscess ... Disorders #dementia #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology