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Rate of Correction of Hypernatremia and Health Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients

CJASN May 2019, 14 (5)
evidence that rapid ... correction of hypernatremia ... for mortality, seizure ... #EBM #Nephrology ... VisualAbstract #Rapid
Rate of Correction of Hypernatremia and Health Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients

CJASN May 2019, 14 (5)
evidence that rapid ... correction of hypernatremia ... for mortality, seizure ... #Rapid #Rate #Correction ... #Nephrology #Management
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
cause and avoid rapid ... 8 mEq/L/day) Rapid ... of symptomatic (seizures ... #Differential # ... Treatment #management #nephrology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... Traumatic brain injury ... Hyperglycemia, Hyponatremia ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential ... : Seizure w/ post-ictal ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Stroke #Mimics #CVA ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Imbalances: • Hyponatremia ... without EEG correlation ... #Neurology #Geriatrics
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
Differential Diagnosis ... , Dehydration: neurologic ... • Rapid correction ... maximum rate of correction ... Treatment #management #nephrology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... exertion/training - Seizures ... Hyperuricemia • Hyponatremia ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... narrowing on MRA/CTA ... Reversible course Differential ... • Magnesium correction ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
fibrillation with rapid ... instability (e.g., post-injury ... - Stroke - Seizure ... Falls #Diagnosis #Differential ... Evaluation #Geriatrics #Neurology