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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... Differential Diagnosis • Neurologic ... encephalopathy, Hypoglycemia ... Altered #Mental #Status ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Prolonged Emergence - Anesthesiology

Prolonged Drug Action:
• Overdose 
• Hypothermia (< 33 C) 
• Incr
Causes of Prolonged ... Metabolic Causes ... endocrine • Hypoglycemia ... • Alcohol Neurologic ... — post-ictal state
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
general seizure caused ... and metabolic causes ... drugs, uremia, hypoglycemia ... Pseudoseizures #GrandMal #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Trauma and Spine Classification ... capsule DENIS CLASSIFICATION ... fractures: Don't cause ... spinal deformity or neurologic ... Neurological status
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... The most common causes ... presentations and disease states ... Renal failure - Hypoglycemia ... #typea #typeb #classification
Causes of Status Epilepticus in Adults
METABOLIC DISTURBANCES
Hepatic encephalopathy
Hypocalcemia
Hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia
Hyponatremia
Uremia
INFECTIOUS PROCESSES
Central nervous system abscess
Encephalitis
Meningitis
WITHDRAWAL SYNDROMES
Alcohol
Antiepileptic drugs
Baclofen
Barbiturates
Benzodiazepines
CENTRAL
Causes of Status ... Hypocalcemia Hypoglycemia ... antidepressants #Status ... Differential #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Weakness, cramping, nausea ... only if no clear cause ... Optimize volume status ... Monitor hypoglycemia ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology
The first step is to separate seizures by how they begin in the brain. The type
, and possible causes ... A seizure that starts ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #ILAE2017 #Classification