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Trauma & Stressor Related Psychiatric Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

 - Adjustment Disorder - Development of
Stressor Related Psychiatric ... or Behavioural Symptoms ... of Event Onset, Symptoms ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Symptoms of Depression 

Mnemonic: "A SAD FACES" 

#Mnemonic #Depression #Symptoms #ASADFACES #Diagnosis #Psychiatry
Symptoms of Depression ... Mnemonic #Depression #Symptoms ... ASADFACES #Diagnosis #Psychiatry
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Symptoms are non-specific:
 - Headache 90%
 - Nausea/vomiting 50%
 - Vertigo 50%
 - Altered
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ... Symptoms are non-specific ... Outdoors improves symptoms ... Carbon #Monoxide #Poisoning
Assessing severity of depersonalisation and derealisation symptoms 

#Diagnosis #Management #PrimaryCare #Psychiatry #DPRD #Depersonalization #Derealization
derealisation symptoms ... #PrimaryCare #Psychiatry
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
hypoglycemia) P - Psychiatric ... , Poisoning S -
Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
medical problem or symptoms ... explained medically Symptoms ... secondary gain Symptoms ... is a physical symptom ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Beta-Blocker Overdose/toxicity:

•	Bradycardia & hypotension (most common).
•	Myocardial depression & cardiogenic shock (severe overdoses). 
•	Ventricular dysrhythmias (Common with
Nearly all develop symptoms ... emulsion therapy for poisoning ... Overdose #toxicity #poisoning
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Organophosphate poisoning ... sting, Shellfish poisoning
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
• Salicylate poisoning ... Carbon monoxide poisoning ... • Sepsis • Psychiatric
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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paresthetica • Symptoms ... 3-6 months of symptom ... sensory nerve, thus symptoms ... mass Sensory Symptoms ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK