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Altered Mental Status - Encephalopathy Differential Diagnosis Framework - MINT

M - Metabolic
I - Infection
N - Neurologic
T
Differential Diagnosis ... Metabolic I - Infection ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #MINT ... #mnemonic
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential ... Diagnosis - MINT ... Mnemonic • Metabolic ... Hypercarbia • Infectious ... #Diagnosis #MINT
MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic ... Psychiatric - Infectious ... MentalStatus #AMS #encephalopathy ... #differential # ... diagnosis #confusion
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic ... , Epilepsy I - Infection ... AEIOUTIPS #AEIOU #Mnemonic ... MentalStatus #AMS #encephalopathy ... #diagnosis #differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... failure, COPD, Lung ... sputum, PCP DFA ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Common Infections in a Hospitalized Patient - GRUBS-C Mnemonic

G - GI (-itis): Cholecystitis, Pancreatitis, Peritonitis, Appendicitis,
Common Infections ... Patient - GRUBS-C Mnemonic ... pneumonia, empyema, lung ... #differential # ... diagnosis #hospitalized
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic ... of a cavitating lung ... pulmonary embolus I = infection ... bronchogenic cyst #Diagnosis ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... rapidly progressive encephalopathy ... • VZV • HIV encephalopathy ... #differential #
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
POCUS lung exam ... Differential Bilat ... interstitial diffuse infections ... Lung POCUS shows ... NOT definitively diagnose
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... lesion • CNS infection ... neurology #PHANTOMS #mnemonic