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Causes of Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures -  Epilepsy Syndromes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infantile:
 • Benign
Causes of Unprovoked ... Pediatric Seizures ... - Differential ... West Syndrome • Dravet ... #Differential #
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric ... Seizures - Differential ... West Syndrome • Dravet ... Hypocalcemia • Hyponatremia ... #Epilepsy #Differential
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
Causes of Provoked ... Pediatric Seizures ... - Differential ... Hypocalcemia • Hyponatremia ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... Algorithm Unprovoked - Epilepsy ... Hyperglycemia, Hyponatremia ... #neurology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... - Differential ... Hypocalcemia • Hyponatremia ... Migraine/Auras • Movement ... #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Primary Epileptic Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Focal - Non-Dyscognitive - Features of
 • Aura
Causes of Primary ... Epileptic Seizures ... - Differential ... Primary #Epileptic #Epilepsy ... #Seizures #Neurology
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
begin with body movements ... caused by a toxic ... and metabolic causes ... hyperglycemia, hyponatremia ... Classification #Diagnosis #Neurology
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... increased risk of epilepsy ... cardiovascular causes ... have convulsive movements ... #Neurology #Geriatrics
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
macropsia), color, movement ... (Many causes!) ... * (most common cause ... stroke, tumor) • Epilepsy ... #differential
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
is usually caused ... approach to the differential ... of symptomatic (seizures ... #Differential # ... Treatment #management #nephrology