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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
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Sepsis • Meningitis ... Structural: • Head Injury ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Sepsis • Meningitis ... Structural: • Head Injury ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
Suspected open or depressed ... from > 3 ft or 5 stairs ... Traumatic #Brain #Injury ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... exertion/training - Seizures ... Toxins - Drugs - Statins ... 5X ULN • AST/ALT ... AST declines > ALT
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
CHALICE Predictors of Clinically Significant Head Iniury 
History 
 - Witnessed LOC > 5min 
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- Seizure after ... head injury in ... penetrating or depressed ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
eg, furnaces) Meningitis ... Immunocompromised state ... neurological findings or seizure ... - Traumatic injury ... differential #emergency #diagnosis