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Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Cognitive Impairment - Differential ... Activities of Daily ... Dementias: • Early ... CognitiveImpairment #Dementia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Lower Extremity Nerve Pathologies 

 • Obturator
 • Femoral
 • Common Peroneal
 • Tibial
 • Superior
Superior Gluteal • Inferior ... #Pathologies #differential ... #innervation #neurology
Schematic examples of the cause of acute mitral regurgitation. 
LV, left ventricle; PM, papillary mucle; SAM,
SAM, systolic anterior ... heart.bmj.com/content/early ... Causes #Acute #Differential
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... disease - Timing: early ... Diagnosis #EM #IM #Urology ... #Macroscopic #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... biopsy By Tess Litchman ... Renal #Syndrome #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
sign A - Biphasic anterior ... Wellens sign B - Deeply ... inverted anterior ... inversions in the anterior ... EKG #diagnosis #differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
glaucoma: unilateral anterior ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... Fatal #Dangerous #Deadly ... #Differential
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
spinal cord injury, Early ... Testing #Causes #differential ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Neuro-OphthaImoIogy - Visual Field Defects - Localization Map
 - Optic Nerve Lesion (Monocular vision loss)
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Parietal Lobe Lesion (Inferior ... NeuroOphthaImoIogy #Neurology ... #Differential #
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
- Inability to differentiate ... (usually left) inferior ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology