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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
and Management ... dysfunction (e.g. gait ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... development of Korsakoff syndrome ... #Management #neurology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... facies, shuffling gait ... ("rabbit syndrome ... months or years of treatment ... #pharmacology #management
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management ... • Wide based gait ... Treatment: • ... #Management #treatment ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... mean 58 mg/dL in one ... epilepticus Treatment ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
on Physical Exam ... consistent with a diagnosis ... or induced by treatment ... ophthalmology #physicalexam ... #neurology #Anisocoria
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... -48% depending on ... Triggers: ATRA treatment ... effusions, weight gain ... #management #hematology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
and Management ... HIV, Lyme, GBS, tumor ... middle ear/temporal bone ... #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... on the aetiology ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... Anesthesia #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... interferon alfa, or tumor ... #diagnosis #management
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
Diagnosis: MRI ... The clinical syndrome ... dysfunction like gait ... disturbance and tremors ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology