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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke ... Delayed finding in stroke ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... : • Stroke - with ... /agitation • CNS ... #Diagnosis #causes
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN ... often classified as ... - Vascular - Stroke ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in Wonderland Syndrome ... • CNS: parietal ... lesions (e.g. stroke ... #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Causes of Hyperpyrexia (Temp > 106.7° F) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Heat Stroke
 • Drug-induced: Amphetamines,
Causes of Hyperpyrexia ... Stroke • Drug-induced ... • Serotonin syndrome ... Thyrotoxicosis • CNS ... #Diagnosis #Causes
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
nervous system (CNS ... and treatment can ... Inflammatory causes ... #neurology #inflammatory ... #differential #
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... : • Vascular: Stroke ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #Causes #neurology
Lateral Medullary Syndrome - Wallenberg's Syndrome
Acute continuous vertigo due to Posterior Circulation Stroke (usually Posterior Inferior
- Wallenberg's Syndrome ... Posterior Circulation Stroke ... Clinical Findings: • Nausea ... #Wallenbergs #neurology ... #diagnosis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Pulse Pressure = Stroke ... Well-conditioned athletes Pathologic ... Increased risk for stroke ... Acute Coronary Syndrome
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... DiagnosisNeurologic ... : Stroke, Cerebral ... Mental #Status #AMS ... Diagnosis #Causes