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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Syndrome (PRES) ... agitation) • Seizures ... • Hypertensive emergency ... Immunomodulatory meds ... #Neurology
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
• Hypertensive emergency ... • PRES • Sympathetic ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... compensatory HTN • Seizures ... inhibitors Drug
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Treatment
Blood pressure control:
 • Aim for 10-25% BP reduction within
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Syndrome (PRES) ... are preferred Seizure ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #Management #Neurology
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
- "DIMS" Mnemonic ... Drugs: • Drug ... • Sturge-Weber Syndrome ... #DIMS #Mnemonic ... #Causes #Peds #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Syndrome (PRES) ... Hypertension/Hypertensive emergency ... abnormality, Medication/Drug ... : Treat with AEDs
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Hypertensive Urgency/Emergency ... • Hypertensive Encephalopathy ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Injury • Pre-Eclampsia ... • Drugs (Cocaine
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
papilledema • Horner syndrome ... fever, myalgia), seizures ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... #neurology #PHANTOMS ... #mnemonic
Do you start Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) on a first time seizure?

SHINE Mnemonic:
 • first seizure occurred
Anti-Epileptic Drugs ... (AEDs) on a first ... SHINE Mnemonic: ... Initiation #start #Algorithm ... #Neurology #SHINE