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Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Causes of Dementia ... - Treatable Causes ... Hydrocephalus • Chronic ... Meningitis • Chronic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Disorders (Reversible Causes ... of "Dementia") ... Lime disease, Whipple's ... Neurocognitive #Disorders #dementia ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
HIV, syphilis, Whipple ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... atrophy Lewy body dementia ... Frontotemporal dementia ... - 2nd cause after
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... - Most common cause ... Age-related changes, chronic ... dysplastic MV leaflets Secondary ... endomyocardial fibrosis, Whipple's
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
the Elderly - Dementia ... Disease (acute and chronic ... Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Causes
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... Degenerative • Dementia ... Pseudoseizures #Secondary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... Differential Diagnosis Secondary ... hemorrhage) • Chronic ... Myelofibrosis (MF) • Chronic ... #hematology #secondary
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... Crohn's Disease - Secondary ... with TTG) • Chronic ... Inflammation • Whipple's ... • Lymphoma #Chronic
Causes of Secondary IgA Nephropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI disorders: Celiac disease, Crohn's disease,
Causes of Secondary ... Infections: H pylori, Chronic ... @kdjhaveri #Secondary ... #Nephropathy #Causes
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Primary and Secondary ... Causes of Mitral ... Primary (organic) chronic ... (functional) chronic ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes