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MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
#MentalStatus #AMS ... #encephalopathy ... differential #diagnosis #confusion
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
Wernicke's Encephalopathy ... Wernicke's encephalopathy ... the triad of confusion ... untreated Wernicke's encephalopathy ... deficiency #Wernickes #Encephalopathy
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
#MentalStatus #AMS ... #encephalopathy ... #differential #confusion
Differential Diagnosis for Transient Confusion -  6 S Approach:

• Sugar
• Syncope
• Seizure
• Stroke
• Substances
• Sleepiness

#AMS
for Transient Confusion ... Sleepiness #AMS ... #Transient #confusion
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Either lethargy, confusion ... Posterior #Reversible #Encephalopathy
Altered Mental Status - Encephalopathy Differential Diagnosis Framework - MINT

M - Metabolic
I - Infection
N - Neurologic
T
Mental Status - Encephalopathy ... ASanchez_PS #AMS ... Mental #Status #Encephalopathy
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Mental Status (AMS ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... • Cocaine • NMS ... #Hypertension #AMS ... #encephalopathy
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
Trauma: cerebellar contusion ... • Labyrinthine concussion ... Otitis media - Amy
CONFUSION S/P ROUX-EN-Y 
Metabolic - Infectious / Structural - Toxic

- Hannah Abrams https://twitter.com/HannahRAbrams

#Confusion #AMS #Delirium #RouEnY
CONFUSION S/P ROUX-EN-Y ... HannahRAbrams #Confusion ... #AMS #Delirium
Legionnaire's Disease - Extrapulmonary organ involvement: CNS: Mental confusion, encephalopathic, headache. Cardiac: Relative bradycardia. GI: Loose
involvement: CNS: Mental confusion ... , encephalopathic