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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... Neurologic disorders ... , and Guillain-Barre ... #Workup #causes ... #Differential #
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... cases/100,000 per ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... Electrodiagnostic studies - EMG ... management #treatment #neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... papilledema • Horner ... syndrome, history ... Hemorrhage • Hypertensive ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
antiphospholipid syndrome ... special stains (e.g ... ribosomal RNA PCR ... - PCR for ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... - Infection (e.g ... - Vitamin B12, Copper ... Intramedullary tumor - Hyperextension ... #lesions #differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
vasculitis in older adults ... with systemic, neurologic ... very remarkable w/differential ... in literature (NEJM ... cases (Cornelia NEJM
Causes of Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis
Neonate:
 - Infection - by far the most common cause
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Neutropenia - Differential ... cause - Maternal hypertension ... Constitutional disorders, eg ... anemia-rare - Copper ... deficiency-rare Adult