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AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
- Mnemonic for Causes ... Altered Mental Status ... Poisoning S - Stroke, Seizure ... MentalStatus #AMS #encephalopathy ... #differential #confusion
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
2) Presence of symptoms ... (HA, nausea, confusion ... , seizures) 3) Assessment ... of volume status
Digoxin Toxicity Presentation - Signs and Symptoms
 • Visual disturbances (halos, color disturbances)
 • Weakness
 •
Digoxin Toxicity ... Presentation - Signs and Symptoms ... Anhedonia • Confusion ... • Seizures ... • Anorexia • Nausea
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Headache • Seizures ... • Headache • Seizures ... Neurological symptoms ... Constipation, Seizures ... 2-3 mEq/L • Seizures
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus 
 1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the
Emergency Treatment ... for reversible cause ... is available or seizure ... #Epilepticus #Treatment ... management #neurology #seizures
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... personality change, seizures ... altered mental status ... complaints or seizures ... aphasia, and/or seizures
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... no respiratory cause ... ingestion/exposure Symptoms ... Dizziness, Altered, Seizure ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Guidelines for Crises ... alteration in mental status ... anaesthetic (remember infusion ... A). ❼ Control seizures ... Guidelines for crises
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Movement disorders, Seizure ... Meningitis, Myelopathy, Encephalopathy ... autoantibodies that will cause ... Puncture, EEG Treatment ... Secondary prevention (statin
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Post-operative state ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Rhabdomyolysis • Seizures ... syndrome • Wernicke encephalopathy ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment