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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential ... and signs (e.g., fever ... brain lesion • CNS ... arteritis • Acute ... #neurology #PHANTOMS
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
hepatic crisis: • Fever ... cholestasis: • Fever ... liver failure ... Liver transplant ... #diagnosis
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... • Fever • Nuchal ... Symptoms: • Acute ... meningeal signs (fever ... #diagnosis #neurology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... : - Acute angle-closure ... • CNS Vasculitis ... #Neurology
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
coagulopathy, decreased level ... infection: fever ... or at work) - acute ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... postpartum #Diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... • Symptoms: Fever ... • Symptoms: Fever ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Lung Diseases • Acute ... initiation of smoking; Fever ... brown sputum, fever ... , wt loss; CV, CNS ... Travel hx, food hx; Fever
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
symptoms, fever ... , fever, focal neurological ... Meningitis: • Fever ... #differential # ... TB #neurology
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
days and presents fever ... Headache/ retro-orbital ... Liver enlargement ... involvement, such as liver ... organs #dengue #fever
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
common cause of acute ... Differential diagnosis ... Multiple Sclerosis: CNS ... West Nile virus: Headache ... , fever, & asymmetric