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Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... bacterial/viral meningitis ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... - Tuberculous meningitis ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
treatment • TB meningitis ... • Pneumococcal meningitis ... reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #management #treatment
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Differential Diagnosis • Neurologic ... Uremia, Hepatic encephalopathy ... Thyroid disease • Infectious ... Pneumonia, Sepsis, Meningitis ... Recreational drugs, Toxic ingestions
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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papilledema • Horner syndrome ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... lesion • CNS infection ... (e.g., meningitis ... #neurology #PHANTOMS
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Opportunistic Infections ... • Cryptococcal Meningitis ... Opportunistic #Infections ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pyelonephritis • Meningitis ... • Skin Infection ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... brain injury • Infectious ... : Meningitis, Encephalitis ... #Causes #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Treatment
Blood pressure control:
 • Aim for 10-25% BP reduction within
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Syndrome (PRES) ... Posterior #Reversible #Encephalopathy ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #Management #Neurology
AKI in Cirrhosis - Hepatorenal Syndrome Management Algorithm

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m2687

#AKI #Cirrhosis #Hepatorenal #Syndrome #HRS #Management #Algorithm #nephrology
- Hepatorenal Syndrome ... Management Algorithm ... #Hepatorenal #Syndrome ... #HRS #Management ... #Algorithm #nephrology