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Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused ... changes and may cause ... due to chronic disease ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Hemolysis • Delirium
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
present in 15% of cases ... Demyelinating disease ... caused by the JC ... virus • Symptoms ... : Delirium, confusion
Delirium Overview

 • What is Delirium?
 • Types of Delirium
 • Common Causes
 • Reversible Causes
Delirium Overview ... • Types of Delirium ... • Common Causes ... • Reversible Causes ... • Drug-Induced Causes
Delirium Causes: PInCH ME Mnemonic

- Jon Carter @learnedjon

#Delirium #Causes #PInCHME #Mnemonic #Differential #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Delirium Causes: ... learnedjon #Delirium ... #Causes #PInCHME
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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hypereosinophilia (HE) Caused ... cytokines Common causes ... Rare causes: ... , IgG4-related disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Timing & Intensity of Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
- Delirium Tremens
- Seizures
- Hallucinosis
- Minor Withdrawal "The Shakes"

Dr. Melissa
Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms ... - Delirium Tremens ... Withdrawal #Timeline #Symptoms
Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Delirium Precipitants ... I think of delirium ... Existing organ disease ... LPerrytheGeriMD #Delirium
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Causes of Dementia ... Depression • Delirium ... Dementia - Treatable Causes ... • Parkinson's Disease ... • Huntington's Disease
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... Tuberculosis: can cause ... Lymphoma Metastatic Disease ... insufficiency - Celiac disease ... insufficiency #addisons #disease
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
deficiency, Thyroid disease ... Constipation, Delirium ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes