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Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Causes of Approach ... to Altered Level ... Hemorrhage • Ischemia ... Encephalitis #Altered ... #algorithm #Causes
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
Dizziness - Central ... Differential Diagnosis Central ... hemorrhage, Brainstem ischemia ... contusion • Tumours: CPA ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
Alzheimer - 1st cause ... Dementia - 2nd cause ... Loss of bladder control ... Unique or multiple ischemic ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
Acute Altered Mental ... Diagnosis and Workup ... the underlying cause ... NatalieRosen_MD #AMS #altered ... #Management #criticalcare
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
mental status ... • CV: hypotension ... Decreased SVR and altered ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
mental status ... • CV: hypotension ... Decreased SVR and altered ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... an underlying cause ... heme (bleeding), CV ... about secondary causes ... #workup #hematology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
/crush injury, ischemia ... reabsorption) Workup ... only if no clear cause ... or 1g CaCl- (central ... ileus/obstruction (ischemia
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Central Nervous ... • Hypoxic-Ischemic ... #Causes #Peds # ... Pediatrics
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
extremities, fatigue, altered ... mental status and ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare