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Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... Tobacco • Recent withdrawal ... Symptoms: • Chest pain ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hyperthermic Syndromes - This table summarizes the similarities and differences between some toxicologic causes of hyperthermic
Hyperthermic Syndromes ... of hyperthermic syndromes ... • Serotonin syndrome ... • GABAminergic withdrawal ... Comparison #Table #Diagnosis
Signs and Symptoms of Toxidromes

Sympathomimetic / GABAergic withdrawal 
Cholinergic 
Anticholinergic 
Opioid withdrawal 
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome 
Serotonin
Sympathomimetic / GABAergic withdrawal ... Anticholinergic Opioid withdrawal ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Serotonin syndrome ... Sympathomimetics #Diagnosis
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome ... • Locked-in syndrome ... Possible responses to pain ... localizes, flexion withdrawal
Timing & Intensity of Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
- Delirium Tremens
- Seizures
- Hallucinosis
- Minor Withdrawal "The Shakes"

Dr. Melissa
Intensity of Alcohol Withdrawal ... Hallucinosis - Minor Withdrawal ... @MelBreggs #Diagnosis ... #Alcohol #Withdrawal ... #DTs #Timing #Syndromes
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
respiratory distress syndrome ... Pleuritic chest pain ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... manifestations following withdrawal ... suggestive but not diagnostic
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome - Herpes Zoster Oticus 
Triad:
1. Ipsilateral facial paralysis 
2. Ear pain 
3. Vesicles
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome ... Ear pain 3. ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... • Stroke syndromes ... HerpesZoster #Oticus #Diagnosis
Functional Dyspepsia Syndromes - Epigastric Pain Syndrome (EPS) and Postprandial Distress Syndrome (PDS)
Epigastric Pain Syndrome (EPS):
≥
- Epigastric Pain ... Syndrome (EPS) ... PDS) Epigastric Pain ... Epigastric pain ... gastroenterology #venn #diagnosis
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes ... Anterior Cord Syndrome ... loss of motor, pain ... Contralateral loss of pain ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
The Hot and Altered Patient in the ED - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Heat Stroke
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome ... • Serotonin Syndrome ... Sedative-Hypnotic Withdrawal ... #Differential #Diagnosis