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Bacterial Meningitis - Causative Organisms and Treatment by Age Group

#Bacterial #Meningitis #Causes #Pathogens #Diagnosis #Management
Bacterial Meningitis ... Organisms and Treatment ... #Bacterial #Meningitis ... #Causes #Pathogens
Etiologies of Meningitis - Acute (1-14d) vs Chronic (>14 days)

#meningitis #differential #diagnosis #pathogens #causes #acute #chronic
Etiologies of Meningitis ... (>14 days) #meningitis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #pathogens #causes
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... • TB meningitis ... pericarditis (select cases ... • Pneumococcal meningitis ... infections #management #treatment
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone/Area Postrema:
 • Drugs:
	- Chemo agents
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Causes of Nausea ... and Vomiting - Differential ... Infarction - Meningitis ... vomiting #emesis #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
and Peripheral Causes ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Central Causes ... Inflammation: Meningitis ... #Differential #
Causes of Headache - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary: Tension, Migraine, Cluster
Extracranial: Medications, Sinusitis, TMJ disorder, Cervicogenic, Glaucoma,
Causes of Headache ... - Differential ... Moyamoya Infectious: Meningitis ... uw_IMresidency #Headache #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
- Differential ... Photophobia • Nausea ... , photophobia, nausea ... Good indicator to differentiate ... CNS #Infections #differential
Occult Causes of Non-Response to Vasopressors

vital disclaimer: the cognitive response to hypotension should not be reaching
Occult Causes of ... hypotension is treatment ... toxicologic - 2nd cause ... #Vasopressors #Differential ... #Causes #RebelEM
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... - Vertigo - Differential ... Infection • Meningitis ... Vertigo #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... • Infectious: Meningitis ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes