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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... , Clonic, Atonic ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... , Moyamoya • Toxic ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Daytime Sleepiness - Differential ... Restless Legs Syndrome ... Limb Movement Disorder ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Fatigue #Sleepiness #Differential
Psychotic Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Mood disorder with psychotic features
 • Psychotic symptoms present exclusively during
Psychotic Disorders ... - Differential ... Algorithm Mood disorder ... during major mood syndrome ... #Differential #
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
smoking - Non-atopic ... infection - Atopic ... history of allergy/atopy ... neuromuscular disorder ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
Thyroid Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypothyroidism:
 • Hasimoto’s
 • Radioactive Iodine 
 • Hypopituitarism
 • Iodine
Thyroid Disorders ... - Differential ... • Graves’ • Toxic ... #Thyroid #Disorders ... #Differential #
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in Wonderland Syndrome ... • Psychiatric disorders ... • Toxic/metabolic ... Alice #Wonderland #Syndrome ... diagnosis #neurology #differential
Causes of Developmental Delay - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Isolated Domain Delay - Reduced Respiratory Drive:
 • Cognitive
Developmental Delay - Differential ... Developmental Delay: • Syndromic ... • Genetic Disorder ... Landau-Kleffner Syndrome ... DevelopmentalDelay #Differential
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Long/short QT syndromes ... , Brugada syndrome ... Drugs, Electrolyte disorders ... • WPW syndrome ... Arrest #cardiology #differential
Causes of Vaginal Discharge - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplastic:
 • Endometrium
 • Cervix
 • Vulva
 • Vagina
Systemic
Vaginal Discharge - Differential ... • Douching • Atrophic ... Trichomonas vaginalis Toxic ... Shock Syndrome ... Vaginal #Discharge #Differential
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Respiratory viruses (25-45%)
 • Group A Strep (5-15%)
 • Other bacteria:
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Diffuse viral syndromes ... • Autoimmune disorders ... #Pharyngitis #Differential