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Hypoglycemia Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

Features of hypoglycemia:
 • Neurogenic: Tremor, Palpitations, Anxiety, Arousal, Sweating, Hunger,
Hypoglycemia Differential ... Diagnosis and Management ... Confusion, Delirium, Seizure ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
Generalized Seizures ... Generalized seizures ... drugs, uremia, hypoglycemia ... , hyperglycemia, ... Classification #Diagnosis
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Metabolic: Hypoglycemia ... , Hyperglycemia, ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Secondary / Provoked Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Metabolic • Hypoglycemia ... • Hyperglycemia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
 - TIA/stroke 
 - Seizure 
 - Hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia
Differential Diagnosis ... TIA/stroke - Seizure ... - Hypoglycemia ... /hyperglycemia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Algorithm for the differentiation between simple and complex febrile seizures. Guidelines for evaluation of each. #Diagnosis
complex febrile seizures ... #Diagnosis #Management ... FebrileSeizure #Fever #Seizure
MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
(hypothyroid, hypoglycemia ... ) - Seizures ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Metabolic: • Hypoglycemia ... • Hyperglycemia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Diabetes Morning Hyperglycemia - Dawn Phenomenon vs Somogyi Effect 

When patients FBG's are elevated each morning
Diabetes Morning Hyperglycemia ... causes a natural hyperglycemia ... and wake up with hyperglycemia ... response to the hypoglycemia ... #Diagnosis #Management
Loss of Consciousness in Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Syncopal causes:
• Orthostatic syncope
• Reflex syncope
• Cardiac arrhythmia
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Nonsyncopal causes: • Seizure ... disturbance (including hypoglycemia ... #differential #diagnosis