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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
• Hypertensive encephalopathy ... Hyperthyroidism CNS: • Stroke ... compensatory HTN • Seizures ... Hypertension #AMS #encephalopathy ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
- Mnemonic for Causes ... Poisoning S - Stroke ... , Seizure, Syncope ... AEIOU #Mnemonic #Causes ... MentalStatus #AMS #encephalopathy
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
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Causes of Provoked ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Head Injury • Stroke ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Vascular: Stroke ... Eclampsia, Prophyria #Seizures ... #Causes #neurology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
• Neurologic: Stroke ... Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure ... Uremia, Hepatic encephalopathy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Differential Diagnosis of Syncope
First, is it syncope? History is very important for distinguishing syncope from other
syncope from other causes ... (seizure, dizziness ... Common causes of ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
symptoms (HA, nausea ... , confusion, seizures ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Head Injury • Stroke ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... fever, myalgia), seizures ... conditions: • Stroke ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm