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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure ... Thyroid disease • Infectious ... Altered #Mental #Status
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Campylobacter Clinical ... • Fever • Abdominal ... Vomiting • Seizure ... • Supportive (infection ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis
Differential Considerations for a Seizure or Seizure-like Event
The following diagnoses may have presentations that can be
The following diagnoses ... Delirium tremens INFECTIOUS ... - CNS infections ... Panic attacks - Cataplexy ... #Differential #diagnosis
MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
Altered Mental Status ... hypoglycemia) - Seizures ... Psychiatric - Infectious ... #differential #diagnosis
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis 
- Most comrnon CNS infection in patients with AIDS 
who are not receiving appropriate
Most comrnon CNS infection ... prophylaxis Clinical ... Altered mental status ... • Seizure ... Toxoplasmosis #Diagnosis
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Poisoning Provoked - Infection ... Narcolepsy • Cataplexy ... #Differential #Diagnosis
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
Altered Mental Status ... , Epilepsy I - Infection ... Poisoning S - Stroke, Seizure ... encephalopathy #diagnosis
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
neuro exam - STAT ... Additional tox/infectious ... - History of seizure ... nonconvuIsive status ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Altered mental status ... brain PRES Clinical ... Altered mental status ... Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... : • Infection,
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... feel weak": • Infectious ... Myopathy: Drugs (statin ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... #Differential #Diagnosis