5 results
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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• Withdrawal symptoms ... , tachycardia, nausea ... tremor, insomnia, seizure ... #Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
changes and may cause ... History of excessive alcohol ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Rhabdomyolysis • Seizures ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Alcohol Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
The onset of alcohol withdrawal generally begins 6-24 hours after the
hallucinations -> seizures ... >2 days after EtOH ... dreams, anorexia, nausea ... #Pathophysiology ... #EtOH
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Hypertension/Hypertensive emergency ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... neurological findings or seizure ... - History of alcohol