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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... , Tonic-clonic Provoked ... : • Vascular: Stroke ... Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Hypernatremia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Workup Step #1 ... Uglucose Step #3 ... #Management #Algorithm
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis ... 1) Is it hypotonic ... of symptomatic (seizures ... #Differential # ... #management #nephrology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... Heat iniury, Heat stroke ... exertion/training, Seizures ... Monitor potassium ... #Diagnosis #Management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Heat injury, Heat stroke ... exertion/training - Seizures ... Hyperuricemia • Hyponatremia ... Monitor potassium ... #Diagnosis #Management
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Loss of sodium/Potassium ... heat illness → Hypernatremia ... Multi-system illness: 1. ... , ARDS, DIC) 3. ... consciousness, Coma/seizure
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
: 1. ... Risk factors 3. ... Reversible course Differential ... , Stroke, Paraneoplastic ... #management #neurology
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
with Insulin, provided ... the starting potassium ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #criticalcare #foamed