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SNOOP Mnemonic for Headache Red Flags 🚩

S	Systemic symptoms or disease - Fever, weight loss, HIV/cancer
N	Neurologic symptoms
HIV/cancer N Neurologic ... symptoms - Altered ... significant change from ... RedFlags #Headache #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... last anywhere from ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free ... #differential #diagnosis
General approach to AKI - Checklist

Urine electrolytes & FENa - Previously, it was believed that urine
pre-renal and intrinsic ... performance for diagnosing ... AcuteKidneyInjury #Nephrology ... #CriticalCare
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Kidney Injury - Classification ... Intrarenal: • Intrinsic ... Kidney #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Diagnostic Algorithm for the Patient with Seizure in the Emergency Department
Does the history suggest a seizure?
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Collateral history from ... of additional symptoms ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... Seizure #management #Neurology
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
What?
 • Unilateral orbital/retrobulbar pain
 • Paresis of the cranial nerves Ill, IV, VI
 •
or orbit (MRI) Treatment ... resolution of the symptoms ... Syndrome #TolosaHunt #neurology ... #diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... and treatment can ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis
The rationale for aggressive treatment of generalized status epilepticus was described previously here.  In short,
for aggressive treatment ... Aside from the brain ... #Management #Neurology ... #CriticalCare #
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
) Deficiency - Diagnosis ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... Encephalopathy • A prompt treatment ... can improve symptoms ... #Management #neurology
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
to severity of symptoms ... sometimes advanced treatment ... hospitalization arising from ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... HeartFailure #Staging #Classification