19 results
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
episodes usually cause ... Bilateral Strokes, Traumatic ... Brain Injury, Multiple ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Structural: Tumor, Traumatic ... brain injury • ... #neurology
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
- Differential Diagnosis ... history of trauma / high ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Korsakoff Syndrome, Traumatic ... Brain Injury, Alzheimer's ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
: Stroke (main cause ... ), Traumatic Brain ... Injury, Tumor Localization ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology ... #diagnosis
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
Causes of HyperKalemia ... K+: • Tissue injury ... glycosides • High ... blockers - MCW Nephrology ... #Causes
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Fasciculus (MLF) Iniury ... Skew Deviation Casey ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential ... #diagnosis #ocular
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
- Differential Diagnosis ... Immune mediated injury ... diverticulum • Traumatic ... #causes #urology ... #nephrology #renal
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
Acute tubular injury ... - Diagnostic of ... - Up to 3 per high-power ... acute tubular injury ... #nephrology #casts
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Lab error • Traumatic ... • Trauma/Crush injury ... #causes #potassium ... #high #nephrology