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Causes of Depressed / Lethargic Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Related:
 • Drugs (Ex. SSRI)
 •
of Depressed / Lethargic ... #Depressed #Lethargic
Clinical Effects of Large and Small Pituitary Tumours
Local complications - Headache, Visual field defect, Disconnection hyperprolactinaemia,
Growth hormone - Lethargy ... Gonadotrophins - Lethargy ... Amenorrhoea • ACTH - Lethargy ... loss • TSH - Lethargy
SIGNS OF CHOLINERGIC CRISIS: DUMBELLS
-Diarrhea
-Urination
-Miosis
-Bradycardia
-Bronchospasm
-Emesis
-Lacrimation
-Lethargy
-Salivation

#Diagnosis #Toxicology #Muscarinic #Cholinergic #Toxidrome #Poisoning #DUMBELLS #DUMBBELLS #Mnemonic
-Lacrimation -Lethargy
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
May progress to lethargy
Pathyophysiology - hyperglycemic crises in patients with diabetes 
Key signs/symptoms of HHS/DKA:
Both: Polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss,
mental status (lethargy
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
May progress to lethargy
Grades of Hepatic Encephalopathy - West Haven Criteria
 • Grade 1 - Inattention, euphoria/anxiety, altered sleep
• Grade 2 - Lethargy
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
status (Either lethargy
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
No agitation or lethargy ... with agitation or lethargy
Side Effects of the Neobladder - Pathophysiology
 • Hercalciuria → Kidney Stones
 • Bone Resorption →
Syndrome → Fatigue, Lethargy