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Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential ... Hemorrhage • Traumatic ... Involvement - Brain ... Hemorrhage • Traumatic ... comatose #aloc #Differential
Differential Diagnosis for ST Segment Elevations
 - ACUTE STEMI 
 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
 - LBBB
Differential Diagnosis ... HYPERCALCEMIA - TRAUMATIC ... BRAIN INJURY/ICH ... STElevation #STEMI #Differential
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Structural: Tumor, Traumatic ... brain injury • ... Encephalitis, Brain ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential ... Todd Paralysis), Brain ... Tumor, Traumatic ... Brain Injury, Migraine ... #Mimics #CVA #Differential
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
Bilateral Strokes, Traumatic ... Brain Injury, Multiple ... Affect #neurology #differential
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Korsakoff Syndrome, Traumatic ... Brain Injury, Alzheimer's ... Confabulation #differential
Causes of Secondary Headaches (without Red Flag Symptoms) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute
 • Sinusitis
 • Dental
Flag Symptoms) - Differential ... • Glaucoma • Traumatic ... Brain Injury ... Headaches #Neurology #Differential
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
- Inability to differentiate ... (main cause), Traumatic ... Brain Injury, Tumor
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential ... Migraine Headache, Traumatic ... - Fixed: Brain ... Mydriasis #Miosis #differential
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... headaches: • Traumatic ... brain injury (TBI ... common form • Non-traumatic ... Photophobia #Headache #differential