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Status Epilepticus Management

 • Definition of Status Epilepticus
 • Diagnostic Workup
 • Potential Causes

Treatment of Status
Status Epilepticus ... Epilepticus • Diagnostic ... • Potential Causes ... Epilepticus #Management #epilepsy ... #neurology #seizure
The first step is to separate seizures by how they begin in the brain. The type
The first step is ... possibilities for epilepsy ... , and possible causes ... starts in one side ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Post-operative state ... Paresthesias • Rhabdomyolysis ... • Seizures ... heart failure • Epilepsy ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Differential Diagnosis ... Management Summary Causes ... exertion/training - Seizures ... Toxins - Drugs - Statins ... #treatment #nephrology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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- Differential Diagnosis ... lysis syndrome - Rhabdomyolysis ... - Hyperosmolar states ... #causes #potassium ... #high #nephrology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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- Differential Diagnosis ... lysis syndrome - Rhabdomyolysis ... - Hyperosmolar states ... #causes #potassium ... #high #nephrology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
Rhabdomyolysis - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Strenuous exercise, Seizures ... Lipid-lowering drugs (statins ... #Causes #nephrology