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Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Abnormality • Postictal ... Encephalitis #Altered #ALOC
Coarctation of the Aorta 

Preductal Coarctation:
Narrowing is proximal to ductus arteriosus Life-threatening if severe; seen in
ductus closes Postductal ... Aorta #Preductal #Postductal
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
spinal artery injury ... function below injury ... below level of injury ... spinal artery injury ... below level of injury
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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Radiation Injury ... lymphocyte count = ALC ... at 48 hours • ALC ... prognosis • ALC ... #Radiation #Injury
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury ... Chronic Myocardial Injury ... Global Direct Iniury ... , Focal Direct Injury ... #Myocardial #Injury
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Immobilization, Crush iniury ... syndrome, Electrical injury ... exhaustion, Heat iniury ... extracellular fluid into injured ... radicals- oxidative iniury
Diagnostic Algorithm for the Patient with Seizure in the Emergency Department
Does the history suggest a seizure?
generalized - Postictal
Causes of Syncope and Transient Loss of Consciousness

#Syncope #Differential #LOC #Causes #Diagnosis
#Differential #LOC
Acute Kidney Injury Framework - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

#AKI #Acute #Kidney #Injury #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Acute Kidney Injury ... Acute #Kidney #Injury
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Supraspinatus muscle injury ... Infraspinatus muscle injury ... Subscapularis muscle injury ... #RotatorCuff #Injury