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Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure ... Acute: - Primary Neurologic ... demyelination), Infectious ... bacterial/viral meningitis ... paraneoplastic syndromes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... brain injury • Infectious ... : Meningitis, Encephalitis ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
treatment • TB meningitis ... • Pneumococcal meningitis ... reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ... • Eosinophilic meningitis ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
Generalized Seizures ... Generalized seizures ... either a partial seizure ... and bacterial meningitis ... Classification #Diagnosis #Neurology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Differential Diagnosis • Neurologic ... Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure ... Thyroid disease • Infectious ... Pneumonia, Sepsis, Meningitis ... Recreational drugs, Toxic ingestions
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Secondary / Provoked Seizures ... Algorithm Febrile Infection ... Encephalitis • Meningitis ... Secondary #Provoked #Seizures ... #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric Seizures ... Poisoning Provoked - Infection ... : • Febrile Seizures ... • Sepsis • Meningitis ... Cataplexy #Seizures
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... - Bacterial meningitis ... - Tuberculous meningitis ... respiratory distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
HepatoRenal Syndrome - Pathophysiology

Dr. Edgar V. Lerma @edgarvlermamd - Nephrology Secrets https://amzn.to/34t5DgJ

#HRS #HepatoRenal #Syndrome #Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
HepatoRenal Syndrome ... - Pathophysiology ... #HepatoRenal #Syndrome ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Organ Specific Infection ... Urinary Tract Infection ... Pyelonephritis • Meningitis ... • Skin Infection ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome