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Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
Seizures - Differential ... Infection: • Febrile Seizures ... Structural: • Head Injury ... DIMS #Mnemonic #Seizures ... #Causes #Peds #
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... • Traumatic Brain ... Injury (TBI) ... Encephalitis • Brain ... #Neurology #Geriatrics
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... injury • Infectious ... Eclampsia, Prophyria #Seizures ... #Causes #neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential ... • Neurologic: Seizure ... Injury, Migraine ... Stroke #Mimics #CVA ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Seizures - Differential ... Infection: • Febrile Seizures ... Structural: • Head Injury ... Cataplexy #Seizures ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neurologic: • Seizure ... Choking Spell Injury ... #Causes #Peds # ... Pediatrics
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Headache • Seizures ... • Headache • Seizures ... Reversible course Differential ... Constipation, Seizures ... 2-3 mEq/L • Seizures
Algorithm for Management of Head Injuries in Children
Primary survey:
 • Airway and cervical spine
 • Breathing
Algorithm for Management ... of vomiting • Clinical ... Post-traumatic seizure ... trama #pediatrics ... #peds
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... exertion/training - Seizures ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Shift of extracellular ... causes #treatment #nephrology
CHALICE Predictors of Clinically Significant Head Iniury 
History 
 - Witnessed LOC > 5min 
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Predictors of Clinically ... non-accidental injury ... - Seizure after ... Predictors #Traumatic #Brain ... #Peds #Pediatrics