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DSM-5 Criteria for Schizophrenia 

- Two or more of the following are present for a significant
DSM-5 Criteria for ... Negative Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... Schizophrenia #Criteria ... #DSM5
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
McDonald diagnostic criteria ... Treatment: • ... objective evidence of neurologic ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #treatment #MS
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Symptoms (included in DSM 5 criteria) - Present during
Clinical Findings Symptoms ... (included in DSM ... 5 criteria) - Present ... suicide Other Symptoms ... #Psychiatry
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... diagnosis and treatment ... disease • Multiple sclerosis ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... Encephalopathy • A prompt treatment ... can improve symptoms ... Diagnosis #Management #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
fasciculations Common Symptoms ... diagnosis: months - Criteria ... : El Escorial criteria ... diagnosis column Treatment ... #neurology #diagnosis
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... so-called ‘red flag’ symptoms ... myelitis • Multiple sclerosis ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
neuropsychiatric symptoms ... other causes of neurologic ... TIPS West Haven Criteria ... noxious stimuli) TREATMENT ... Initiate empiric treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
acute respiratory symptoms ... Rheumatologic symptoms ... Pericarditis • Sclerosing ... by culture or serology ... Diagnosis: • Serology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Diagnostic Criteria ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... : - Multiple sclerosis ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology