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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Hyperthyroidism CNS: • Stroke ... #AMS #encephalopathy ... #Diagnosis #causes
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
Stroke Etiologies ... artery dissection, Hypotension ... - Strong Medicine ... #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Differential Diagnosis for Transient Confusion -  6 S Approach:

• Sugar
• Syncope
• Seizure
• Stroke
• Substances
• Sleepiness

#AMS
Differential Diagnosis ... • Seizure • Stroke ... Sleepiness #AMS ... Transient #confusion #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
injury, Early ALS ... Eclampsia, Late ALS ... Testing #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Watershed: Hypotension ... #CVA #Differential ... #management #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Vascular: Stroke ... , Hypertension, ... #Causes #neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... conditions: • Stroke ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #neurology #PHANTOMS
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... DiagnosisNeurologic ... : Stroke, Cerebral ... Mental #Status #AMS ... #Differential #
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
often classified as ... - Vascular - Stroke ... - Strong Medicine ... Central #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Generalized Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Neuro: UMN (stroke ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology