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Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
caused by a toxic ... and metabolic causes ... sedative drugs, uremia ... Pseudoseizures #GrandMal #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Overall Approach to Anemia ... Blood Loss • Acute ... Deficiency • B12/Folate ... #Classification ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Cerebral Hypoxia, Uremia ... Eclampsia, Prophyria #Seizures ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... / Provoked Seizures ... Hyponatremia • Uremia ... #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Causes of Hemiplegia ... • Anomia • ... Asterognosia • Seizures ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Classification ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Kidney #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... e.g AEIOU ) or anuria ... require urgent nephrology ... LorinskyMD #AKI #Acute ... workup #diagnosis #nephrology
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Injury (TBI) - Acute ... Hypocalcemia • Uremia ... cardiovascular causes ... Transient Global Amnesia ... #Elderly #Neurology
The first step is to separate seizures by how they begin in the brain. The type
is to separate seizures ... The type of seizure ... , and possible causes ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #ILAE2017 #Classification
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia ... Fabry's disease, Acute ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology