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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 ... #Status #AMS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
components: targeted neurologic ... ataxia. ... disposition, even if the cause ... CNS, Central nervous ... Diagnosis #AVS #Posterior
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 ... hydrocephalus Anoxic ... hemorrhage Neoplasm Posterior ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute toxic ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause ... diagnosis #management #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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headache, altered mental ... status, and focal ... Demyelinating disease caused ... monoparesis), limb ataxia ... , gait ataxia, and