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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 ... Testing #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Differential Diagnosis for Transient Confusion -  6 S Approach:

• Sugar
• Syncope
• Seizure
• Stroke
• Substances
• Sleepiness

#AMS
Differential Diagnosis ... • Seizure • Stroke ... Sleepiness #AMS ... Transient #confusion #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Vascular: Stroke ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Hypomagnesemia, Hypocalcemia ... #Causes #neurology
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
often classified as ... - Vascular - Stroke ... - Strong Medicine ... Central #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
The Hot and Altered Patient in the ED - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Heat Stroke
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Patient in the ED - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Heat Stroke ... • Serotonin Syndrome ... #AMS
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
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Pediatric Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hyperglycemia • Hypocalcemia ... Head Injury • Stroke ... • Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Disease • Central: Stroke ... • Orthostatic: Hypovolemia ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
diuresis, Bartter's syndrome ... use), Gitelman's syndrome ... exercise, Heat stroke ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Mental Status (AMS ... ) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Hyperthyroidism CNS: • Stroke
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure = Stroke ... Well-conditioned athletes Pathologic ... Increased risk for stroke ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #causes #cardiology