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Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Neurocognitive Disorders ... Intracranial tumor • Infection ... Encephalitis, Abscess ... , Nutritional UCSD ... #dementia #differential
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Approach to Acid Base Disorders ... Evaluation and Differential ... AG). 2) Next, are ... final step is to assess ... Failure, Toxic Ingestion
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... reactivation of latent ... are present in ... Suspect in movement disorders ... tuberculomas, or abscesses
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential ... disc • Epidural abscess ... Infections: - ... TB - Spinal abscess
Diagnoses to Consider in Patients with Flank Pain and Costovertebral Angle Tenderness
Physicians should consider other disorders
consider other disorders ... and perinephric abscesses ... a necrotizing infection ... This disorder occurs ... Pyelonephritis #Differential
Night Sweats - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Night sweats are a nonspecific symptom that patients commonly experience and
Night Sweats - Differential ... Night sweats are ... serious underlying disorder ... coccidioidomycosis) • Lung abscess ... #NightSweats #Differential
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... • Uremia INFECTIOUS ... Encephalitis • Brain abscess ... types of dementias are ... • Sleep Disorders
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
Pharyngitis tends ... cervical nodes are ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... contributor to this disorder ... upper respiratory infection