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AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
, Epilepsy I - Infection ... Space Occupying Lesions ... encephalopathy #diagnosis ... #differential # ... confusion
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ring Completeness
 • Incomplete: Demyelinating Disease
 • Complete (MAGIC):
Ring-Enhancing Lesions ... - Differential ... Glioblastoma - Infection ... Infarct - Contusion ... Diagnosis #neurology
MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic ... for Altered Mental ... Psychiatric - Infectious ... encephalopathy #differential ... #diagnosis #confusion
BEHIND - Stroke Mimics Mnemonic
Brain: Mass, Hemorrhage, Contusion
Epilepsy: Post Ictal State, 
Hyponatremia, Hypogycemia
Intoxication, Infection
Neuro: Migraine, Multiple
Stroke Mimics Mnemonic ... Mass, Hemorrhage, Contusion ... Intoxication, Infection ... #CVA #Neurology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disturbances Neurologic ... Disorders • Central ... • Incarcerated Hernia ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
CENTRAL FACIAL / NASAL LESIONS
Bacteria:
 • Leprosy (saddle nose deformity)
 • Tuberculosis (lupus vulgaris)l
 • Endemic
NASAL LESIONS ... Sarcoidosis (lupus pernio ... #Lesions #infections ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #differential
Altered Mental Status - Encephalopathy Differential Diagnosis Framework - MINT

M - Metabolic
I - Infection
N - Neurologic
T
Diagnosis Framework ... Metabolic I - Infection ... N - Neurologic ... #Diagnosis #MINT ... #mnemonic
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bone Fracture Central ... nystagmus - Infection ... • Cerebellar Contusion ... Space-Occupying Lesion
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Forehead Sparing = Central ... involved = Peripheral lesion ... Palsy (70-75%), Infection ... #Causes #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... headache, altered mental ... #differential # ... diagnosis #AIDS