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Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
 •
Consciousness - Workup ... Clinical Exam - Focal ... Clinical Exam - Non-Focal ... Refer to Blood Work ... Abnormality • Postictal
Coarctation of the Aorta 

Preductal Coarctation:
Narrowing is proximal to ductus arteriosus Life-threatening if severe; seen in
ductus closes Postductal ... Aorta #Preductal #Postductal
Focal Seizures
Focal Seizures With Impairment of Consciousness
 - The seizure may or may not start with
Focal Seizures ... Focal Seizures With ... Focal Seizures That ... deficit during the postictal ... #Focal #Seizures
Urticaria (hives): Skin reaction that occurs in response to cold, food allergies, meds, environmental exposures, stings,
infections
Presents as acute, focal ... Can be local or
Classification of Neonatal Seizures
Subtle 
Clonic 
 - Focal 
 - Multifocal 
Tonic 
 - Focal
Clonic - Focal ... Multifocal Tonic - Focal ... Myoclonic - Focal
Red Flags in Back Pain
 • Cancer: Age > 50, History of cancer, Unexplained weight loss,
Immunosuppression, Focal ... Urinary retention, Fecal
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Diagnosis and Workup ... Overload/HTN • Focal ... Microvascular CAD, Focal
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Systemic disease - Fecal ... fat Increased fecal ... overgrowth Normal fecal ... management #algorithm #workup
Epilepsy Seizure Types - Generalized vs Focal

Generalized Seizures
 - Absence seizures 
 - Myoclonic seizures
Generalized vs Focal ... #Generalized #Focal
Fecal Incontinence - Pathogenesis and Complications
Continence mechanisms are impaired
 • Local neuronal damage
 • External and
Fecal Incontinence ... are impaired • Local ... dementia) #Fecal