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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Forehead Sparing = Central ... Most commonly stroke ... #Causes #neurology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Hyperreflexia Focal ... injury, Early ALS ... Testing #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Altered Mental Status - Encephalopathy Differential Diagnosis Framework - MINT

M - Metabolic
I - Infection
N - Neurologic
T
Diagnosis Framework ... Infection N - Neurologic ... ASanchez_PS #AMS ... #Diagnosis #MINT ... #mnemonic
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
often classified as ... - Vascular - Stroke ... - Strong Medicine ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
Causes of Altered Mental ... Poisoning S - Stroke ... #MentalStatus #AMS ... encephalopathy #diagnosis ... #differential #
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
- Differential ... DiagnosisNeurologic ... : Stroke, Cerebral ... #Status #AMS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
Types of Facial ... these pathways, as ... in a stroke, paralyzes ... #Bells #Palsy #Neurology ... #Diagnosis *
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
occupational or social ... Disease, Bilateral Strokes ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... lyme • Altered mental ... conditions: • Stroke ... #neurology #PHANTOMS ... #mnemonic
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Peripheral and Central ... can be severe in stroke ... vascular causes, such as ... #Vertigo #diagnosis ... symptoms #comparison #neurology