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Typical features of meningitis vs. Encephalitis 

Meningitis is inflammation of the subarachnoid space, the fluid bathing
Encephalitis ... Most common causes ... Encephalitis is ... Most common causes ... #meningitis #Encephalitis
Assessment and Investigation of Meningitis and Encephalitis in Children

#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Meningitis #Encephalitis #Assessment #Workup
Investigation of Meningitis ... and Encephalitis ... Peds #Pediatrics #Meningitis ... #Encephalitis #
Checklist for the Obtunded/Comatose Patient with Suspected Meningitis/Encephalitis 

- Dr. Josh Farkas @PulmCrit

#Comatose #Meningitis #Encephalitis #Checklist
with Suspected Meningitis ... /Encephalitis ... #Comatose #Meningitis ... #Encephalitis #
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Disorders (Reversible Causes ... • Infection: Meningitis ... , Encephalitis, ... hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto's encephalitis ... differential #diagnosis #causes
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Infections - Viral Encephalitis ... Framework Viral Encephalitis ... Photophobia • Nausea ... , photophobia, nausea ... #encephalitis
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Tumor, Vasculitis/Encephalitis ... Pneumonia, Sepsis, Meningitis ... , Encephalitis, ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
Toxin C -> N. meningitidis ... hearing loss, meningitis ... , orchitis & encephalitis ... pharyngitis; pneumonia, encephalitis ... media; pneumonia, meningitis
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Causes of Approach ... Concussion • Meningitis ... • Encephalitis ... Concussion • Encephalitis ... workup #algorithm #Causes
Causes of Headache - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary: Tension, Migraine, Cluster
Extracranial: Medications, Sinusitis, TMJ disorder, Cervicogenic, Glaucoma,
Causes of Headache ... Moyamoya Infectious: Meningitis ... , Encephalitis, ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... • Infectious: Meningitis ... , Encephalitis, ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes