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MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
Mental Status (Delirium ... Psychiatric - Infectious ... #MentalStatus #AMS ... encephalopathy #differential ... diagnosis #confusion #Delirium
CONFUSION S/P ROUX-EN-Y 
Metabolic - Infectious / Structural - Toxic

- Hannah Abrams https://twitter.com/HannahRAbrams

#Confusion #AMS #Delirium #RouEnY
Metabolic - Infectious ... #Confusion #AMS ... #Delirium #RouEnY ... #Differential #
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... Thyroid disease • Infectious ... Constipation, Delirium ... Mental #Status #AMS ... #Differential #
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
- CBC with differential ... Additional tox/infectious ... workup as appropriate ... Evidence of infection ... #Workup #MICU #CriticalCare
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
6 mL'kg PBW in ARDS ... ARDSnet low-PEEP table ... and non-ARDS) ... Maneuvers: only as ... obese #Management #CriticalCare
The Hot and Altered Patient in the ED - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Heat Stroke
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Patient in the ED - Differential ... Heat Stroke • Infections ... fever #Altered #Differential ... #Diagnosis #delirium ... #AMS
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... • Symptoms: AMS ... • Symptoms: Delirium ... #differential # ... diagnosis #AIDS
Causes of ileitis beyond Crohn’s disease and infections include systemic disorders -spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, ischemia, and amyloidosis
’s disease and infections ... and amyloidosis as ... See below for table ... #GI #Ileitis #Differential ... #Table
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
inflammatory or infectious ... etiologies, as ... 50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Effusion #Analysis #Table
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Localized soft-tissue infection ... Metabolism • Other: - Infections ... Lactic #Acidosis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #criticalcare