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Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
2.
Scale (CFS) ... automatically increase the score ... Dementia doesn't ... #Scale #CFS #Tips ... #Geriatrics #Diagnosis
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Score There ... active disease symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale #Score # ... CFS #Rockwood
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... - Differential Diagnosis ... HIV-Associated CNS ... Infections: • Most CNS ... primary CNS lymphoma
Parkinson's Plus Syndromes - Atypical Parkinsonism
Main motor symptoms:
 • Tremors
 • Limb rigidity
 • Bradykinesia
Other symptoms
present in PD, and ... Corticobasal syndrome (CBS ... ) • Dementia with ... #Parkinsonism #diagnosis ... #neurology
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
infects the CNS ... mononuclear cells in the CNS ... • Depressive symptoms ... Diagnosis: MRI ... #AIDS #Neurology
Symptoms and Signs of Hypocalcemia
Muscular: Weakness, fatigue, Spasms, cramps
Neurologic: Tetany, Chvostek sign, Trousseau sign, Circumoral and
Symptoms and Signs ... Spasms, cramps Neurologic ... Hallucinations, dementia ... brittle hair, Dry, scaly ... #Signs #diagnosis
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
: Pathogenesis and ... (idiopathic), CNS ... - Failure to Store ... Pathophysiology #Signs #Symptoms ... #Urology #Diagnosis
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... equina syndrome (CES ... Differential Diagnosis ... Neurovascular Examination ... #causes #neurology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... New headache, scalp ... affects the skin, neurologic ... • Progressive symptoms ... chorioretinitis, CNS
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
by culture or serology ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... : • Serology for ... throat, skin, scalp