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Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... Acute: - Primary ... Inflammatory (Acute ... neurocognitive disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... arteritis • Acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Generalized > focal) • Headache ... • Autoimmune disease ... Posterior #Reversible #Encephalopathy ... #Neurology
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
initial phase of the disease ... untreated Wernicke Encephalopathy ... Treatment: Supportive ... Korsakoff #Syndrome #neurology ... #diagnosis
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... - Acute B1 (Thiamine ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... • A prompt treatment ... #Management #neurology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache ... Meningitis, Myelopathy, Encephalopathy ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... permeability Diagnosis ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
of COVID-19 • Neurologic ... : Headaches, Dizziness ... , Encephalopathy ... Stroke • Renal: Acute ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... characterized by: • Headache ... mental status • Headache ... may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
important, as early diagnosis ... and treatment can ... Cogan syndrome • Acute ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis ... lymph nodes - Headache ... Neuro: - Lyme encephalopathy ... Treatment: 1. ... #treatment