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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Generalized: Absence, Myoclonic ... Eclampsia, Prophyria #Seizures ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cerebral ... Acalculia • Alexia ... Asterognosia • Seizures ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis 
- Most comrnon CNS infection in patients with AIDS 
who are not receiving appropriate
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis ... mental status • Seizure ... Management ... Toxoplasmosis #Diagnosis ... #Overview #Management
REBEL Review 99: Serotonin Syndrome via Yosuf Alam, MSIV

Presentation: Altered mentd status, Seizures, Myoclonus, Hypertension, Hyperthermia
mentd status, Seizures ... , Myoclonus, Hypertension ... extremity) Diagnosis ... SerotoninSyndrome #management ... toxicology #REBELEM #diagnosis
Syncope - Cerebral hypoperfusion leading to transient lsos of consciousness causing alck of postural tone with
Syncope - Cerebral ... Differential Diagnosis ... PNES/Narcolepsy, Seizure ... #differential #diagnosis ... #management
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Motor dysfunction: myoclonic ... seizure, primitive ... incontinence, apraxia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Headache • Seizures ... • Headache • Seizures ... both posterior cerebral ... leukoencephalopathy, Cerebral ... #management #neurology
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
and Differential Diagnosis ... Arteritis, Carotid/Vertebral ... ICP, Neoplasm, Seizure ... #Headaches #diagnosis ... primary #secondary #management
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
Clinical 
 • Encephalopathy 
 • Ataxic gait 
 • Severe lassitude
High Altitude Cerebral ... Encephalopathy • Ataxic ... consciousness Management ... High #Altitude #Cerebral ... #Edema #Diagnosis
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
Severe AMS with altered mental status, ataxia, and other neurological manifestations such
High Altitude Cerebral ... mental status, ataxia ... manifestations such as seizures ... #Edema #HACE #diagnosis ... #management