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MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
Altered Mental Status ... hypoglycemia) - Seizures ... #MentalStatus #AMS ... #encephalopathy ... #differential #diagnosis
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure ... Uremia, Hepatic encephalopathy ... Constipation, Delirium ... #AMS #Differential
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Altered Mental Status ... Diagnosis Framework ... compensatory HTN • Seizures ... /NCSE • Delirium ... #encephalopathy
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 ... #Neurology
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
neuro exam - STAT ... if hypercapneic encephalopathy ... infectious workup as ... - History of seizure ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis
Diagnostic Algorithm for the Patient with Seizure in the Emergency Department
Does the history suggest a seizure?
Diagnostic Algorithm ... such as: - Syncope ... - Postictal state ... Diagnosis #Seizure ... #management #Neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Algorithm Red ... Altered mental status ... fever, myalgia), seizures ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... #Algorithm #neurology
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
- Hypertensive encephalopathy ... visual disturbance, seizure ... , delirium). ... of hypertensive encephalopathy ... #Algorithm #CriticalCare
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Post-operative state ... Rhabdomyolysis • Seizures ... Hemolysis • Delirium ... syndrome • Wernicke encephalopathy ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... edema visualized as ... : Treat with AEDs ... Posterior #Reversible #Encephalopathy ... #management #neurology