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AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic ... for Causes of Altered ... Poisoning S - Stroke ... , Seizure, Syncope ... #MentalStatus #AMS
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
Causes of Provoked ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - "DIMS" Mnemonic ... Head Injury • Stroke ... #Causes #Peds #
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Mental Status (AMS ... Hyperthyroidism CNS: • Stroke ... compensatory HTN • Seizures ... #Hypertension #AMS ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
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 ... Mental #Status #AMS ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
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 ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... neurology #PHANTOMS #mnemonic
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
high WBC count cause ... : - Neuro: AMS ... visual changes, stroke ... have fever - ACS ... dysrhythmias, seizures
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Illnesses and Heat Stroke ... spasm - legs, arms ... consciousness, Coma/seizure ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #stroke #heatstroke
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... arbitrarily defined as ... nervous system (stroke ... , seizure, cognitive ... Nephrocalcinosis causes