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CSF Analysis by Mike Cadogan
#Diagnosis #CSF #Analysis #Fluid #Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal #Bacterial #Viral #Comparison #Table
CSF Analysis by ... #Analysis #Fluid ... Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal ... Bacterial #Viral #Comparison ... #Table
What's in a Tap: CSF Analysis

Normal vs Bacterial vs Viral vs SAH
 - Opening Pressure
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What's in a Tap: CSF ... Analysis Normal ... #Fluid #Analysis ... Interpretation #Meningitis #Comparison ... #Table #Neurology
Findings in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Different Causes of Meningitis

#CSF #Fluid #Analysis #Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal #Bacterial #Viral
Meningitis #CSF ... #Fluid #Analysis ... Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal ... Bacterial #Viral #Comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis
Differentiation Between Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephritic Syndrome 
== Nephrotic Syndrome ==
Onset - Insidious 
Edema - ++++
Blood
Blood pressure - Normal ... venous pressure - Normal ... Serum albumin - Normal ... Syndrome #Nephritic #Comparison ... #Table #Nephrology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Analysis: • Lymphocytic ... Mildly decreased/Normal ... glucose level, • Normal ... CSF Analysis: ... <40 mg/dL • Normal
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm ... - Diarrhea pH Normal ... • Periodic paralysis ... #Differential #Algorithm ... Causes #Workup #Nephrology
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Delirium Decline in Instrumental ... Treatable Causes • Normal ... CognitiveImpairment #Dementia #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypernatremia Diagnosis and Workup

Step 1 . Repeat the sodium concentration.
Step 2.  Check plasma osmolality.
NORMAL PLASMA
NORMAL PLASMA OSMOLALITY ... HYPERVOLEMIC • CHF ... Diagnosis #Workup #Algorithm ... #Nephrology
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
Algorithm for patients ... Hypokalemic periodic paralysis ... syndrome Low-normal ... Distal RTA Low-normal ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
nearly complete paralysis ... Diagnosis: • CSF ... : - CSF PROTEIN ... - NORMAL CSF ... management #treatment #neurology