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Findings in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Different Causes of Meningitis

#CSF #Fluid #Analysis #Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal #Bacterial #Viral
Fluid in Different Causes ... #CSF #Fluid #Analysis ... Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal ... #Bacterial #Viral ... #Comparison #Table
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute ... Tachypnea - Normal ... Tachypnea - Normal ... • Atypical or viral ... #Causes #Peds #
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
virus • CMV • EBV ... Mildly decreased/Normal ... glucose level, • Normal ... Symptoms: • Acute ... <40 mg/dL • Normal
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations abnormal ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
(GCA) 1) Is visual ... loss caused by ... Definition: acute ... efficacy of GCs Abnormal ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm ... arrhythmias and paralysis ... wasting from other causes ... consumption • Low/Normal ... Proximal RTA, Distal
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... HBV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... - If both are normal ... function may be abnormal
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
includes the complete analysis ... of urine: Visual ... not be used with normal ... Acute Kidney Injury ... Acute Tubular Necrosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spastic paresis/paralysis ... injury • Gait is abnormal ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... dysfunction • Abnormal ... differential #algorithm
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... - HIV, CMV, EBV ... CSF PROTEIN - NORMAL ... variants: (1) acute