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Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
and workup ... 1) Clinical diagnosis ... Frontal atrophy Vascular ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Reversible course Differential ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment ... #management #neurology
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... regurgitation of fluids • Muscular ... or neurologic disorders ... disorder URGENT WORKUP ... disorder → EGD Treatment
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Neurologic disorders
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... Treatment depends ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Management #Workup
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
requires special media ... antimicrobials, clinical ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... factors: - Serology ... #differential #
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
4) progressive muscular ... - Medical time ... conditions listed in differential ... Treatment: - Multidisciplinary ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Medium and large ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup: • ... for adenoma • Medical ... Endocrinology #Treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... CNS #Infections #differential