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

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Altered Mental ... Status (AMS) - Differential ... • Cocaine • NMS ... #AMS #encephalopathy ... #altered #Differential
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... Diagnosis • Neurologic ... Abscess • Toxic: Medications ... , Recreational drugs ... #AMS #Differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
characterized by: • Headache ... • Headache • ... Reversible course Differential ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... /Drug toxicity,
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Immunocompromised state ... illness, such as ... or serotonergic drugs ... altered mentation ... signs #symptoms #differential