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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Neurologic: ... encephalopathy, Hypoglycemia ... Thyroid disease • Infectious ... #Status #AMS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
cause of AVS. ... patients with an AVS ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #AVS ... #Testing #HIT #HINTS
HINTS Exam - Normal Head Impulse Test = Central Cause

This patient as a normal head impulse
HINTS Exam - Normal ... Cause This patient ... as a normal head ... Video by Dr. ... #Neurology #Vertigo
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
patients with AVS ... ataxia. ... CNS, Central nervous ... care physician; AVS ... #Diagnosis #AVS
Altered Mental Status - Encephalopathy Differential Diagnosis Framework - MINT

M - Metabolic
I - Infection
N - Neurologic
T
Metabolic I - Infection ... N - Neurologic ... T - Toxic Andrew ... ASanchez_PS #AMS ... #Differential #Diagnosis
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
of Altered Mental ... , Epilepsy I - Infection ... Thiamine I - Insulin (hypoglycemia ... #MentalStatus #AMS ... encephalopathy #diagnosis
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
conceptualized as ... originating as ... drugs, uremia, hypoglycemia ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Signs
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
Demyelinating disease caused ... • Symptoms: AMS ... monoparesis), limb ataxia ... , gait ataxia, and ... symptoms such as
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
and Differential Diagnosis ... Systemic N - Neurologic ... , Hypercapnia, Hypoglycemia ... Physiological - Amy ... #differential #causes
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... attributable to central ... is important, as ... early diagnosis ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology