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Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
liver failure Brain ... hypertension, Seizures ... pancreatitis Lungs ... Acute respiratory distress ... Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Poisoning Infection ... • Sturge-Weber Syndrome ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... injury • Infectious
Causes of Respiratory Distress in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Premature Newborn
 - Normal CXR:
the Newborn - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Syndrome (RDS)* ... Amniotic Fluid - Infectious ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure ... Neoplasm-related (brain ... paraneoplastic syndromes
Co-occurrence of Lung-Brain Infections
When we hear a patient w/ co-occurrence of lung-brain infection, Nocardia seems to
Co-occurrence of Lung-Brain ... co-occurrence of lung-brain ... #Infections #Lung ... #Brain #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis for Concurrent Brain and Lung Infections
 • Bacteria: Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Differential Diagnosis ... for Concurrent Brain ... and Lung Infections ... spp, Lemierre syndrome ... #Lung #Infections
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
QT Syndrome: Illness ... - Syncope - Seizure ... in new syncope/seizures ... noises or emotional stress ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
Event (ALTE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Metabolism • Reye's Syndrome ... Neurologic: • Seizure ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Poisoning Provoked - Infection ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #