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Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Shift Work) Sleep ... • Neurologic ... Disorders (Eg. ... • Medications (Eg ... • Drug Abuse (Eg
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... function test, ANA (e.g ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... /psychiatric changes ... #Workup #hematology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
perceptions with changes ... • Infection (e.g ... Brain lesions (e.g ... • Psychiatric disorders ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... dialysis indication (e.g ... Nephrotoxic drugs (e.g ... are caused by prerenal ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... risk factors (eg ... hypertension (eg ... hypertension (eg ... Neurologic disorders
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Surgical devices, e.g ... Sepsis (→ 3-14) e.g ... malignant syndrome (e.g ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... #Anesthesiology
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
How do you work ... Cardioembolic: • ECG ... Other: • CBC, coags ... #CVA #stroke #workup ... diagnosis #checklist #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
impairment, Mood disorder ... Radiographic findings (eg ... Laboratory findings (eg ... VEP’s: EEG of visual ... symptoms) • Acute
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
infectious disease caused ... weeks incubation Acute ... 20-90%, normal ECG ... Cardiomyopathy: Conduction disorders ... Tests - check Acute
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Impairment: • Acute ... Lack of sensory changes ... dystrophies Work ... electromyographic (EMG ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology