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Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Consciousness GCS ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Brain ... Other #Altered #comatose ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Unprovoked ... Tumor, Traumatic brain ... Encephalitis, Brain ... #Algorithm #Causes
Overview of approach to brain death

Pursuing a diagnosis of brain death too early may lead to
death Pursuing a diagnosis ... of brain death ... lead to premature diagnostic ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... BrainDeath #Dead #Algorithm
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
and Management Algorithm ... speech • Time is brain ... Stroke #Management #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #differential
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
- Differential Diagnosis ... Brainstem herniation (Comatose ... - Fixed: Brain ... #differential #diagnosis
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm and Management ... AVM, Aneurysm, Brain ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #management
Diagnostic Approach to Hyponatremia
Box A:
 • Normo/hyperosmolar Hyponatremia: Glucose, Mannitol, Glycine, Contrast media, Maltose
 • Pseudohyponatremia:
Diagnostic Approach ... Box B: Vomiting, GCS ... #Hyponatremia #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #workup
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
Significant TBI - GCS ... Predictors #Traumatic #Brain ... #Injury #Diagnosis
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Once pseudohypokalemia is ruled out, causes of hypokalemia can be
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Once ... Bucket with the drain ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Pupillary size, equality, and light reactions help to assess the cause of coma and to determine
region of the brain ... #Pupils #Comatose ... #Evaluation #Diagnosis