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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 ... Structural: • Head Injury ... • Sturge-Weber Syndrome ... Algorithm #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 ... Structural: • Head Injury ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Gastrointestinal infection Injury ... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ... - Prone Sleeping ... Algorithm #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 ... Choking Spell Injury ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
cardiac arrhythmias, seizures ... metabolites induce injury ... causes CNS and hematologic ... #Immunization #peds ... #pediatrics #pathophysiology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome ... Movement disorders, Seizure ... inflammation, leading ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology ... #rheumatology #
Helpful Clinical Features in Evaluating Bleeding Disorders
Age of onset
 • Neonate - in 20% of haemophilias,
non-accidental injury ... Marfan syndrome, ... #History #peds ... #pediatrics #diagnosis ... #hematology #primarycare
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
TLS (tumor-lysis syndrome ... decompression SVC syndrome ... Hyperviscosity syndrome ... Cytokine-release syndrome ... Differentiation syndrome