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Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Causes of Excessive ... Daytime Sleepiness ... - Differential ... Parkinson's, MS) ... Anxiety Other • Medications
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
- Differential ... Uremia, Hepatic encephalopathy ... Abscess • Toxic: Medications ... #Status #AMS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
and stabilize: AMS ... the underlying cause ... NatalieRosen_MD #AMS ... #criticalcare #encephalopathy ... #differential #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Reversible course Differential ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... • Treatment of ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... Etiology: • Medications ... only if no clear cause ... STOP offending medications ... Bicarb<22) - avoid NS
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... recent DAN) • EMG/NCS ... Goodpasture's cause ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... headache, altered mental ... Demyelinating disease caused ... • Symptoms: AMS
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
risk factors, management ... the physical, mental ... #management #medications ... #causes #atopy ... Pedersen MS, Benros
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Summary 10 percent ... bilateral, malignant, pediatric ... cases, not associated ... temperature >40C), mental ... certain drugs (such as
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Summary - GrepMed ... Differential Diagnosis ... levels not useful as ... or refractory cases ... Endocrinology #Treatment