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Causes of Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures -  Epilepsy Syndromes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infantile:
 • Benign
Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures ... Absence Epilepsy • Myoclonic ... Epilepsy • Juvenile Myoclonic ... Epilepsy #Unprovoked #Seizures ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Cord Lesions • Myotonia ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Guillain-Barre syndrome ... heavy metals), Critical ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... Shellfish poisoning, Meds ... Muscular dystrophy, Myotonic
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric Seizures ... Absence Epilepsy • Myoclonic ... Epilepsy • Juvenile Myoclonic ... Cataplexy #Seizures ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... mutations - Down syndrome ... Motor dysfunction: myoclonic ... seizure, primitive ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia #pathophysiology
Scarf Sign (Normal) on Physical Exam

The scarf sign is used to assess developmental age and muscle
chest; in the hypotonic ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #hypotonia ... #hypotonic #peds
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
think about three clinical ... Horner’s syndrome ... palsy • Horner syndrome ... Ophthalmoplegia migraine Myogenic ... Mitochondrial myopathy • Myotonic
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Other Congenital Syndromes ... • Congenital Myotonic ... Myopathies #Hypotonic ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... PRES) - Diagnosis Clinical ... agitation) • Seizures ... Immunomodulatory meds ... Risk Factor + Clinical
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Cord Lesions • Myotonia ... Guillan-Barré Syndrome ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds