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Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential ... CNS abscess • Neurologic ... , Brain Tumor, Traumatic ... #Mimics #CVA #Differential ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
Bilateral Strokes, Traumatic ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology ... #differential #
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Structural: Tumor, Traumatic ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Korsakoff Syndrome, Traumatic ... Confabulation #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Causes of Secondary Headaches (without Red Flag Symptoms) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute
 • Sinusitis
 • Dental
Flag Symptoms) - Differential ... • Glaucoma • Traumatic ... Secondary #Headaches #Neurology ... #Differential #
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... poisoning, Post-traumatic ... Dizziness #dizzy #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
- Inability to differentiate ... (main cause), Traumatic ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... headaches: • Traumatic ... common form • Non-traumatic ... Photophobia #Headache #differential ... ophthalmology #Neurology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... Neurogenic Ptosis - Neurologic ... jaw-winking syndrome Traumatic ... Syndrome #Ptosis #neurology ... #Differential #
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... encephalopathy • Traumatic ... #Hyperthermia #Differential