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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Mental Status ( ... AMS) - Differential ... Cardiac: • CHF ... #Hypertension #AMS ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... Fever, headache, altered ... mental status, ... : AMS, motor deficits ... such as hemianopia
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
V, stiff neck, altered ... neck stiffness, altered ... hemorrhagic rash; symptoms ... that persists as ... tachypnea, otitis media
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... rigidity) • Altered ... /l is regarded as ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
nervous system (CNS ... is important, as ... diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Neurological symptoms ... edema visualized as ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
using risk factors as ... categorization of patients as ... With treatment, ... Stage B is defined as ... #CHF #Congestive
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Neurologic ... symptoms suggest ... a mass as the cause ... depress when looking medially ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... nervous system (CNS ... is important, as ... diagnosis and treatment ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Treat underlying cause ... interventional radiology ... : CNS changes, headache ... post-infusion) - ICANS: altered ... : - Seen with AML