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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Focal: Simple, Complex ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Tumor, Traumatic brain ... Encephalitis, Brain
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
bronchi, trachea, or lungs ... Lymphoma, primary, of brain ... Mycobacterium avium complex ... Toxoplasmosis of brain ... - Wasting syndrome
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
• Sick Sinus Syndrome ... bpm) - Narrow Complex ... WPW) - Narrow Complex ... in a setting of long ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
and Associated Lung ... pleura in severe cases ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
including restrictive lung ... depression, and brain ... depression and brain ... hyperventilation syndrome—a ... Breathing In lung
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... lesions • 80% with lung ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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- Bickerstaff syndrome ... opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome ... - brain stem encephalitis ... - small cell lung ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Premature Ventricular Complexes ... Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... (e.g., long QT ... syndrome, ARVC) ... heart disease Causes
Complex Pleural Effusion caused by Esophageal Perforation
So much pathology for one lung. Esophageal perforation leading to
Complex Pleural ... Effusion caused ... pathology for one lung ... #Perforation #lung ... #pocus #clinical
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ... status NTM Cause ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Avium Complex (MAC