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Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
of GHB toxicity ... of CNS depression ... CNS depression will ... within 4-8h - Seizures ... hallucinations and seizure
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy ... Mitochondrial Encephalopathy ... Vestibular neuronitis, CNS ... • Neurologic: Seizure ... • Toxins: Drug toxicity
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis 
- Most comrnon CNS infection in patients with AIDS 
who are not receiving appropriate
- Most comrnon CNS ... Altered mental status ... • Seizure ... pyrimethamine-induced hematologic toxicity
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Altered Mental Status ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... Hyperthyroidism CNS ... compensatory HTN • Seizures ... /agitation • CNS
Drug-Induced Seizures - OTIS-CAMPBELL

O - Organophosphate, oral hypoglycemics, opioid
T - TCA, theophylline
I - Isoniazid, Insulin
S -
Drug-Induced Seizures ... , Camphor, CO, CN ... Drug #Induced #Seizures ... Pharmacology #Diagnosis #OTISCAMPBELL
MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
Altered Mental Status ... hypoglycemia) - Seizures ... MentalStatus #AMS #encephalopathy
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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personality change, seizures ... altered mental status ... complaints or seizures ... aphasia, and/or seizures ... • VZV • HIV encephalopathy
Diagnostic Algorithm for the Patient with Seizure in the Emergency Department
Does the history suggest a seizure?
the Patient with Seizure ... history suggest a seizure ... of additional symptoms ... Characterize seizure ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Seizure
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Altered mental status ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... fever, myalgia), seizures ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... brain lesion • CNS
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure ... Uremia, Hepatic encephalopathy ... Altered #Mental #Status