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Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
Causes of Provoked Pediatric ... Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypocalcemia • Hyponatremia ... • Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Causes of Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures -  Epilepsy Syndromes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infantile:
 • Benign
of Unprovoked Pediatric ... Seizures - Epilepsy ... Syndromes - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Differential #
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric ... Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypocalcemia • Hyponatremia ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Hyperglycemia, Hyponatremia
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Workup Algorithm

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Differential Diagnosis ... Workup Algorithm ... , Cushing syndrome ... #Differential # ... #nephrology #sodium
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
2) Is ADH elevated ... demyelination syndrome ... of symptomatic (seizures ... #Differential # ... management #nephrology #sodium
Causes of Enuresis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (Urinary Control Never Achieved)
 • Delayed Maturation
of Enuresis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neurogenic Bladder, Seizure ... Non-neurogenic (Hinman Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic - Give volume
Hypervolemic (Edematous) - Look for and treat underlying cause
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome ... #Differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology #sodium
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... Imbalances: • Hyponatremia ... Hypoglycemia • Hyponatremia ... Dementias: May also elevate ... #Neurology #Geriatrics
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... : SIADH, Renal Sodium ... Cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table #sodium