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Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
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Causes of Provoked Pediatric ... • Sepsis • Meningitis ... Structural: • Head Injury ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... injury • Infectious ... : Meningitis, Encephalitis ... , Brain Abscess, ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
Suspected open or depressed ... Dangerous mechanism of injury ... Predictors #Traumatic #Brain ... #Injury #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric ... • Sepsis • Meningitis ... Structural: • Head Injury ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
• Traumatic Brain ... Injury (TBI) ... INFECTIOUS: • Meningitis ... #Elderly #Neurology ... #Geriatrics
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Disturbances Neurologic ... : • Seizure ... Choking Spell Injury ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics
CHALICE Predictors of Clinically Significant Head Iniury 
History 
 - Witnessed LOC > 5min 
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- Seizure after ... penetrating or depressed ... skull injury or ... Predictors #Traumatic #Brain ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Algorithm for Management of Head Injuries in Children
Primary survey:
 • Airway and cervical spine
 • Breathing
Post-traumatic seizure ... Suspicion of open/depressed ... skull injury/tense ... #trama #pediatrics ... #peds
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
cardiac arrhythmias, seizures ... metabolites induce injury ... failure, pneumonia & seizures ... #Immunization #peds ... #pediatrics #pathophysiology
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
eg, furnaces) Meningitis ... Previous chronic meningitis ... of congenital brain ... neurological findings or seizure ... - Traumatic injury