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AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
for Causes of Altered ... Status A - Alcohol, Acidosis ... #MentalStatus #AMS ... encephalopathy #diagnosis #differential ... #confusion
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Causes of Altered ... Consciousness GCS ... < 7 - Differential ... Other • Trauma / Concussion ... • Metabolic Acidosis
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Non-ACS Myocardial ... Elevated Troponin Differential ... Pre-Coronarv): Shock ... Metabolic (ie acidosis ... Takutsubo), Toxins, Contusion
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... Reversible course Differential ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Elevation, Lactic Acidosis ... - Differential ... ->treatments include ... before beginning treatment ... #Elevation #Differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Fever, headache, altered ... , and focal neurologic ... CNS #Infections #differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Proposed Mechanism: Altered ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... defibrillator as ... management #cardiology #treatment