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Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
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Causes of Provoked Pediatric ... Seizures - Differential ... Structural: • Head Injury ... • Sturge-Weber Syndrome ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Infancy • West Syndrome ... • Dravet Syndrome ... Lennox Gastaut Syndrome ... Panayiotopoulas Syndrome ... Structural: • Head Injury
Workup of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High or Normal PTH:
 • Hyperparathyroidism: Parathyroid adenoma, Parathyroid hyperplasia,
Workup of Hypercalcemia ... disease, Milk Alkali Syndrome ... Drugs, Endocrine disorders ... disease, Viral Syndromes ... #nephrology #PTH
Causes of Enuresis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (Urinary Control Never Achieved)
 • Delayed Maturation
Idiopathic • Sleep Disorders ... Neurogenic Bladder, Seizure ... Disorder) Diurnal ... Enuresis: • Pediatric ... Non-neurogenic (Hinman Syndrome
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Congenital Anomaly / Disorder ... • Metabolic Disorders ... Gastrointestinal infection Injury ... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Metabolism • Reye's Syndrome ... Neurologic: • Seizure ... Neuromuscular • Disorders ... Choking Spell Injury ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Traumatic brain injury ... Eclampsia, Prophyria #Seizures ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Other brainstem syndromes ... Encephalopathy with seizures ... Hypothalamic or thalamic syndromes ... Comorbid autoimmune disorders ... erythematosus, Sjögren syndrome
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Extraocular Movement Disorders ... Fasciculus (MLF) Iniury ... One-and-a-half Syndrome ... Extraocular #Movement #Disorders ... ophthalmology #neurology
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Diseases: Korsakoff Syndrome ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Disease, Anton's Syndrome ... Blindness, Psychiatric Disorders ... diagnosis #causes #neurology