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Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... status changes ... status changes ... with focal findings ... #signs #symptoms
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
with the same symptoms ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... focal neurological findings ... - Traumatic injury ... #redflags #signs
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to local skin injury ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... (headache and diplopia ... #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
lesion: Clinical findings ... signs below the ... • Bilateral findings ... hypercoagulable states ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Arboviruses: - West ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... influenzae Symptoms ... Acute meningeal signs ... status.
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
characteristic finding ... Albuminuria, nephrotic syndrome ... ulcerated • MSK ... infected without symptoms ... #diagnosis #management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... → mucous stasis ... inflammation Symptoms ... Nasal polyps and signs ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... incidental CXR finding ... anterior/posterior MSK ... ), liver (pain/abnormal ... #Signs #Symptoms
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Traumatic brain injury ... nervous system injury ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... status, decreased
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
and Signs: 50% ... triad: episodic headache ... • Headache → ... status changes, ... and signs: •