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CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #differential # ... diagnosis #AIDS
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... Neuropathy • Eye ... #AIDS #diagnosis ... #differential #
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... • Neurologic ... a mass as the cause ... Cranial Nerve IV ... #DoubleVision #Differential
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Diagnosis Red ... Systemic N - Neurologic ... Hypoglycemia Anatomy ... causes #primary
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
: Inflammatory eye ... inflamed response to local ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Recurrent and chronic
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Diagnosis: Causes ... glycol (present in IV ... acidosis: - CNS ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... #Summary #Nephrology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain, Eye ... nervous system (CNS ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
(IRIS): • In HIV ... neurological symptoms • Caused ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis ... #differential # ... TB #neurology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential ... Lymphadenopathy, CNS ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... factor • May cause ... #AIDS #pulmonary
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
status changes with focal ... • Acute red eye ... Ill, IV, and VI ... #differential # ... diagnosis