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Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Brudzinski’s Sign ... sign is characterized ... Passive neck flexion causes ... despite severe disease ... #Sign #Meningitis
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Neurologic: Vascular (IS ... bacterial/viral meningitis ... Neoplasm-related (brain ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... neurocognitive disease
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... affecting the Brain ... and less common diseases ... these conditions is ... Carcinomatous meningitis
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
or ≥ 39 C this is ... hyperthermia crisis (late sign ... Neurologic: • Meningitis ... • Traumatic brain ... Anesthesia #Checklist #Diagnosis
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
- Differential Diagnosis ... condition that causes ... spinal cord and brain ... • Bacterial meningitis ... sagging syndrome
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Causes of Cystic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Polycystic Kidney Disease ... Hippel-Lindau Syndrome ... Carcinoma - No signs
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... contrast enhancement Brain ... neurological symptoms • Caused ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular Causes ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... Ascariasis, Choledochal cyst ... , RBC, kidney, brain
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... of congenital brain ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... headache #redflags #signs ... differential #emergency #diagnosis
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
high-resolution ultrasound ... Subchondral sclerosis & cysts ... Pseudogout #CPPD #Disease ... #Signs #Symptoms ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis