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

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Causes of Altered ... Hemispheric • Hemorrhage ... Abscess • Skull fracture ... Brain Stem • Hemorrhage ... Involvement - Other • Trauma
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Temporal Bone Fracture ... • Ethanol - Trauma ... • Cerebellar Hemorrhage ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... Provoked Seizures - Differential ... Hypocalcemia • Hyponatremia ... Provoked #Seizures #Neurology ... #Differential #
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
Dilated Pupil - Differential ... , lntracranial hemorrhage ... no neurological cause ... , consider: • Trauma ... #diagnosis #neurology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... • Neurologic ... Orbital Floor Fracture ... • Subdural Hemorrhage ... #DoubleVision #Differential
Causes of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Vessel Disease
 • Aneurysm
 • Vascular Malformation
Other
 • Bleeding
Causes of Subarachnoid ... Hemorrhage - Differential ... Diathesis • Trauma ... #Stroke #CVA #Neurology ... #Differential #
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... - Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #causes #primary ... secondary #management #neurology
Causes of Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension:
 • Essential Hypertension (Aneurysm)
 • Drugs (Cocaine,
Causes of Intracerebral ... ) - Differential ... Vasculitis Other: • Trauma ... #Stroke #CVA #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Transverse Myelitis, Trauma ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Causes of Peripheral ... without an obvious cause ... Cerebellar hemorrhage ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology