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Altered Mental Status - Encephalopathy Differential Diagnosis Framework - MINT

M - Metabolic
I - Infection
N - Neurologic
T
Altered Mental Status ... Encephalopathy Differential ... Infection N - Neurologic ... T - Toxic Andrew ... #Mental #Status
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... - Differential ... Diagnosis • Neurologic ... #Mental #Status ... #AMS #Differential
Clinical Manifestations of Serotonin Syndrome
 • Ophthalmologic: Mydriasis, Ocular clonus (slow horizontal movements)
 • Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea,
Serotonin Syndrome • Ophthalmologic ... : Mydriasis, Ocular ... Hypertension, Late stages ... Life-Threatening): Akathisia, Altered ... Mental Status (
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
Dilated Pupil - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework If Altered ... Mental Status - ... Dilated #Pupil #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Haemolacria and Spontaneous Globe Rupture on Physical Exam

One of the most horrendous complications of Dengue hemorrhagic
encountered during a neurology ... consult for altered ... #PhysicalExam #ocular ... globe #rupture #ophthalmology
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
#Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential ... #diagnosis #ocular
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
mental status ... may precede the neurologic ... Reversible course Differential ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute toxic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... HIV, or lyme • Altered ... mental status, ... #Headache #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Vision Loss - Differential ... Cataracts - Macula: Macular ... PRES, Metabolic/Toxic ... #Vision #Loss #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Young females Differential ... Other causes of tonic ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #ophthalmology