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

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Hypertension and Altered ... Mental Status ( ... AMS) - Differential ... compensatory HTN • Seizures ... #Diagnosis #causes
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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papilledema • Horner syndrome ... HIV, or lyme • Altered ... mental status, ... fever, myalgia), seizures ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... characterized by: • Headache ... • Headache • ... edema visualized as ... : Treat with AEDs
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome ... , Headache, Movement ... disorders, Seizure ... autoantibodies that will cause ... Secondary prevention (statin
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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, altered mental ... status, and focal ... Demyelinating disease caused ... • Symptoms: AMS ... • VZV • HIV encephalopathy
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... illness, such as ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... neurological findings or seizure ... followed by acute altered