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Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... / Provoked Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Encephalitis • Meningitis ... #Neurology #Differential
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
Generalized Seizures ... Generalized seizures ... and bacterial meningitis ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Signs
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Sepsis • Meningitis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... • Infectious: Meningitis ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Causes of Enuresis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (Urinary Control Never Achieved)
 • Delayed Maturation
- Differential Diagnosis ... Anatomic Abnormality Secondary ... Neurogenic Bladder, Seizure ... Enuresis: • Pediatric ... Non-neurogenic (Hinman Syndrome
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
Causes of Provoked Pediatric ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Sepsis • Meningitis ... • Sturge-Weber Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome ... Movement disorders, Seizure ... disorders, Aseptic Meningitis ... APS), Secondary ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... papilledema • Horner syndrome ... fever, myalgia), seizures ... infection (e.g., meningitis ... #Algorithm #neurology
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure ... bacterial/viral meningitis ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Primary and Secondary ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Systemic N - Neurologic ... ICP, Neoplasm, Seizure ... #management #neurology