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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Symptoms are non-specific:
 - Headache 90%
 - Nausea/vomiting 50%
 - Vertigo 50%
 - Altered
Monoxide Poisoning Symptoms ... Vertigo 50% - Altered ... Subjective weakness 20% Diagnosis ... Outdoors improves symptoms ... Poisoning #Toxicology #diagnosis
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... Patient is hot and altered ... ingestion/exposure Symptoms ... loss, Dizziness, Altered ... Toxicity #Toxicology #diagnosis
Clinical Manifestations of Serotonin Syndrome
 • Ophthalmologic: Mydriasis, Ocular clonus (slow horizontal movements)
 • Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea,
Life-Threatening): Akathisia, Altered ... Serotonin #Syndrome #Symptoms ... spectrum #signs #diagnosis
Typical Clinical Features of DKA:
 - 
Acetone breath 
 - Tachycardia 
 - Soft Bp
Hyperglycemia - Often altered ... - Polyuria #Diagnosis ... Ketoacidosis #DKA #Symptoms
Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
Acute Altered Mental ... AMS is just a symptom ... , not a diagnosis ... 4) Diagnosis and ... NatalieRosen_MD #AMS #altered
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS): Signs and Symptoms

Repetitive Overhead Activity, Scapular Dyskinesis -> Scapulohumeral mechanics become altered
SIS): Signs and Symptoms ... mechanics become altered ... Syndrome #SIS #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
anaerobic metabolism Diagnosis ... also includes symptoms ... respiration - altered ... Toxicity #Toxicology #Diagnosis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... HIV, or lyme • Altered ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
mutation) that alter ... old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Seizures • Altered ... Presentation: • Altered ... factor PRES Diagnosis ... Neurological symptoms ... With persistent altered