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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... HIV-Associated CNS ... Infections: • Most CNS ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease caused
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... : ß-blockers, CNS ... #bradycardia #Causes ... infectiousdiseases #table
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
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help you use the Clinical ... Frailty Scale (CFS ... Terminally ill (CFS ... "vulnerable" (CFS ... Frailty #Scale #CFS
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
CNS Ring-Enhancing ... + toxo IgG • CNS ... 30% present w/ CNS ... Solitary Lesion: • CNS ... @AnnKumfer #CNS
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Causes of Orthopnea ... manipulation - CNS ... MS, Polio - PNS ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
URT inflammation causes ... severe swelling causes ... replicates within CNS ... induces vascular & CNS ... CNS and hematologic
Algorithm for evaluating multiple ring-enhancing lesions in immunocompetent (HIV negative)

#ringenhancing #lesions #cns #brain #diagnosis #differential #algorithm
Algorithm for evaluating ... ringenhancing #lesions #cns ... #differential #algorithm ... #causes #radiology
McDonald Criteria for Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
 • 2 or more attacks, 2 or more lesions
Clinical evidence ... await further clinical ... implicating a different CNS ... implicating a different CNS ... implicating a different CNS
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Hyperthyroidism CNS ... /agitation • CNS ... Scleroderma renal crises ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Dysphagia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Structural
 • Tumors
 • Zenker's Diverticulum
 • Foreign Bodv
Neuromuscular Toxic/Metabolic
 • Myasthenia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Myasthenia Gravis • CNS ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes