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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Epilepsy: • Focal: Simple ... brain injury • Infectious ... Encephalitis, Brain Abscess ... Hypoxia, Uremia, Liver ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
 •
unresponsive to treatment ... • Elevated liver ... microscopic colitis Differential ... NSAlDs, ARBs) • Infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simple ... : Secondary to infections ... Renal #Transplant #differential ... #blood #urine #management ... #treatment #nephrology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... #differential # ... diagnosis #AIDS
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Pylori (H. pylori) Infection ... (IgG) - cannot differentiate ... past infection ... #Treatment #quadruple ... quadrupletherapy #gastroenterology
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
approach to the differential ... Assess volume status ... include vaptans (HF/liver ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... #management #nephrology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Diagnosis and Management ... • Caused by liver ... other causes of neurologic ... Precipitants: Infection ... branched chain amino acids
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Reversible course Differential ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Direct microbial infection ... Herpes zoster, West Nile ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential