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MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
hypercalcemia, hyponatremia ... hypoglycemia) - Seizures ... #AMS #encephalopathy ... #differential # ... diagnosis #confusion
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Clinical Features: • Altered ... Either lethargy, confusion ... agitation) • Seizures ... Generalized > focal) • Headache ... #Neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... HIV, or lyme • Altered ... fever, myalgia), seizures ... Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #mnemonic
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Seizures ... • Seizures ... Constipation, Seizures ... , Stroke, Paraneoplastic ... 2-3 mEq/L • Seizures
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... personality change, seizures ... , altered mental ... complaints or seizures ... aphasia, and/or seizures
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
heat illness → Hypernatremia ... CNS dysfunction (encephalopathy ... Emotional instability, Confusion ... , Altered consciousness ... , Coma/seizure