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Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Diagnosis Algorithm ... history Step #2 ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... #Management #Algorithm ... #Sodium #nephrology
Diagnostic Algorithm for the Patient with Seizure in the Emergency Department
Does the history suggest a seizure?
of additional symptoms ... such as: - Syncope ... - Stroke - ... #Seizure #management ... #Neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Management ... Heat injury, Heat stroke ... Hyperuricemia • Hyponatremia ... #treatment #nephrology
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
, Dehydration: neurologic ... water unavailable 2) ... can also be complex ... #Treatment #management ... #nephrology #sodium
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 ... /constipation, hyponatremia ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
However, a probable diagnosis of CJD may be made through a combination of symptoms and testing,
combination of symptoms ... and testing, as ... criteria (Table ... 2) #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #CreutzfeldtJakobDisease
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
on examination table ... when lying down 2. ... Vertiginous symptoms ... #Instructions #Diagnosis ... #neurology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
simplex virus 1 and 2 ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... /l is regarded as ... a strong indicator ... #neurology #meningitis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Neurological symptoms ... edema visualized as ... Constipation, Seizures, Stroke ... #management #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
the limbs; (2) ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... examination 2. ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management