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Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... Seizure Mimics: ... • Sleep Disorders ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Seizure #Elderly #Neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
an autoimmune disorder ... life-threatening Differential ... - Brain stem/Cranial ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
plasma insulin (treatment ... hypomagnesemia), Eating disorders ... Bartter's syndrome (mimics ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
sequestration • epidural hematoma ... Diagnosis: • ... T1 and T2 Treatment ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
size, coarsening facial ... GH stimulates liver ... (hypothalamic hamartoma ... Differential Diagnosis ... Endocrinology #Treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
versus molecular mimicry ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology ... #differential
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
nutrients • TPN for treatment ... after RYGB • Disorder ... Liver Disease in ... gastroenterology #diagnosis ... #differential
Neurosarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Treatment
 • 5 to 40% of sarcoidosis, Heterogeneous, often inaugural
 • Central
and Treatment ... VII), Cognitive disorders ... , Exclusion of Differential ... Diagnosis Treatment ... #neurology #rheumatology
Anosmia Causes - Principal Etiologies of Olfactory Dysfunction
For olfactory disorders (and for most taste problems), the
For olfactory disorders ... improve after treatment ... history of head or facial ... with memory or neurologic ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Normal kidney ultrasound ... formerly Type 2): • Gradual ... Treatment Overview ... Syndrome #Hepatology #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis