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Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
workup 1) Clinical ... workup What type ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... - Hippocampal atrophy ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Diagnosis The ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... shock is often clinically ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Shock #Differential ... #Causes #Types
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
the CNS from the brain ... form part of the differential ... diagnosis. ... very different clinical ... This type of lesion
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
diminished tissue perfusion ... severe traumatic brain ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare # ... differential
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
Diagnosis Framework ... condition that causes ... spinal cord and brain ... thickening can cause ... #diagnosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... - Causes progressive ... muscles, muscle atrophy ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... conditions listed in differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... affecting the Brain ... (WFS1), optic atrophy ... MRI lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Pulmonary teaching case ... removed chest drain ... ’s the diagnosis ... infected pleural effusion ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #clinical
Approach to using the perfusion scan in Brain Death Evaluation

Like any diagnostic test, a flow scan
scan in Brain Death ... in the correct clinical ... early phases of brain ... death, so in this case ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare