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Diagnostic Algorithm for the Patient with Seizure in the Emergency Department
Does the history suggest a seizure?
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Presence of aura - Collateral ... suggesting alternative diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... Seizure #management #Neurology
#CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA #diagnosis #management #treatment #summary #endocrinology #neurology #ent #pituitary #hypopituirarism #panhypopituitarism
CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... endocrinology #neurology
Urethral Injury in the Emergency Department

Clinical Features, Diagnostics and Treatment

#Urology #Diagnosis #Management #Urethral #Injury #Urethrogram
Clinical Features, Diagnostics ... and Treatment ... #Urology #Diagnosis
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
or peripheral neurologic ... Infections - HIV ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis ... differential #causes #neurology
Ischemic Stroke - Blood Pressure Management
 • No tPA  < 220 / 120 (permissive hypertension)
tPA <180/110 • IV ... hypertension #Management #treatment ... #neurology #medications
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Infectious: HIV ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... Acute: - Primary Neurologic ... complications of HIV ... Infectious (syphilis, HIV-associated ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Physical exam findings of various ocular palsies; image courtesy of the BMJ

R 3rd nerve palsy
R 4th
#Palsy #CNIII #CNIV ... #CNVI #Neurology ... #Diagnosis #Chart
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
What?
 • Unilateral orbital/retrobulbar pain
 • Paresis of the cranial nerves Ill, IV, VI
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cranial nerves Ill, IV ... or orbit (MRI) Treatment ... Syndrome #TolosaHunt #neurology ... #diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Treatment
Blood pressure control:
 • Aim for 10-25% BP reduction within
Syndrome (PRES) - Treatment ... Easily titratable IV ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome #Treatment ... #Management #Neurology