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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
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
Generalized Seizures ... Generalized seizures ... and bacterial meningitis ... Classification #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #Signs #Symptoms
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
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
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Provoked Pediatric Seizures ... • Poisoning Infection ... : • Febrile Seizures ... • Sepsis • Meningitis ... • Sturge-Weber Syndrome
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
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... of Tuberculous Meningitis ... Papilledema, headache, seizures ... and not direct infection ... ADEM Tuberculous Meningitis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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personality change, seizures ... complaints or seizures ... Tuberculous Meningitis ... aphasia, and/or seizures ... Cryptococcal Meningitis
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
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... • Enteroviral infections ... Carcinomatous meningitis ... #neurology #noninflammatory
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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papilledema • Horner syndrome ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... fever, myalgia), seizures ... lesion • CNS infection ... (e.g., meningitis