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Status Epilepticus - Management
Seizure > 5 mins or two seizures without complete recovery between them
PEDS
Benzo Dose
- Management Seizure ... 5 mins or two seizures ... #Epilepticus #seizures ... management #treatment #algorithm ... #neurology
The rationale for aggressive treatment of generalized status epilepticus was described previously here.  In short,
rely upon rapid seizure ... The longer the seizure ... hyperkalemia, rhabdomyolysis ... Epilepticus #Refractory #Seizures ... #Algorithm #PulmCrit
Pediatric Status Epilepticus Algorithm 

#Status #Epilepticus #Algorithm #Pediatrics #Peds #Neurology #Seizure
Pediatric Status ... Epilepticus Algorithm ... #Algorithm #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Neurology ... #Seizure
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Altered Mental Status ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... Hyperthyroidism CNS ... compensatory HTN • Seizures ... /agitation • CNS
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Altered mental status ... agitation) • Seizures ... Immunomodulatory meds ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Altered mental status ... fever, myalgia), seizures ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... brain lesion • CNS ... #neurology #PHANTOMS
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Movement disorders, Seizure ... Meningitis, Myelopathy, Encephalopathy ... autoantibodies that will cause ... Secondary prevention (statin
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
• These shifts ... Post-operative state ... Paresthesias • Rhabdomyolysis ... • Seizures ... syndrome • Wernicke encephalopathy
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Rhabdomyolysis - ... exertion/training, Seizures ... Drugs (Statins), ... Shift of extracellular ... Management #Summary #causes
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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personality change, seizures ... altered mental status ... complaints or seizures ... Demyelinating disease caused ... aphasia, and/or seizures