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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
average settings • Causes ... gas equation • Causes ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... • Most common cause ... • Occurs when blood
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... plateletcount), peripheral blood ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... patients if the cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Hypothalamus Anatomy and Hypothalamic Nuclei
 • Anterior hypothalamic nucleus - Body temperature, thermal regulation (heat dissipation),
oxytocin, destruction causes ... regulation, destruction causes ... preoptic nucleus - Blood ... Anatomy #Nuclei #neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
increased lability in blood ... heart failure, neurologic ... hypertension (blood ... hypertension (blood ... Neurologic disorders
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
maintained fever CAUSES ... urological device • Blood ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... • Intracranial blood ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac - Arrhythmia:
 • Tachyarrhythmia
 • Bradyarrhythmia
 • Supraventricular Tachycardia
Causes of Syncope ... Effective Arterial Blood ... Defecation #Syncope #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Major Brain Complications of Endocarditis
Abscess:
 • May be macro or micro and occur at site of
inflammatory reaction to blood ... Ischemic stroke caused ... neudrawlogy and Casey ... #neurological #neurology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
autoantibodies that will cause ... thrombosis and/or blood-brain ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Hypertensive emergency, Blood ... elevated white blood ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
experience, the cause ... surgery; as in our case ... Bennett & Bloom ... #physicalexam #neurology