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Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reflex Syncope:
• Vasovagal: Prolonged standing, Stress, Pain
• Situational: Coughing, Sneezing, Micturition, Defecation,
Syncope - Differential ... Framework Reflex Syncope ... Mimics: • Seizure ... Subclavian steal syndrome ... #Differential #
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
Poisoning S - Stroke, Seizure ... , Syncope, Space ... MentalStatus #AMS #encephalopathy ... #diagnosis #differential
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Shock - Differential ... - Vasovagal syncope ... Mimics - Seizure ... Subclavian steal syndrome ... #Differential #
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Status (AMS) - Differential ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... compensatory HTN • Seizures ... • Serotonin syndrome
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... - Differential ... Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... #Differential #
Syncope in 3 Steps
1. Consider the 3 "S" Mimics: Seizure, low Sugar, Stroke (TIA)
2. Heart vs
Syncope in 3 Steps ... 3 "S" Mimics: Seizure ... subclavian steal syndrome ... amyloidosis and other #Syncope ... #differential #
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric Seizures ... - Differential ... Daydreaming • Syncope ... Cataplexy #Seizures ... #Epilepsy #Differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... • Headache • Seizures ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Reversible course Differential ... Posterior #Reversible #Encephalopathy
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Refeeding Syndrome ... Rhabdomyolysis • Seizures ... • Wernicke encephalopathy ... #Nutrition #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... CNS dysfunction (encephalopathy ... consciousness, Coma/seizure ... heat #illness #differential