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Causes of Stroke - Ischemic, Hemorrhagic, Subarachnoid - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Ischemic
 • Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Causes of Stroke ... - Ischemic, Hemorrhagic ... • Ischemic ... Hemorrhage #Stroke ... #CVA #Neurology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Most commonly stroke ... of facial nerve palsy ... - Unilateral: Bell's ... Palsy (70-75%), ... #Causes #neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
Stroke Evaluation ... and Management Algorithm ... Immediate Workup Ischemic ... #Management #Algorithm ... #differential #neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - ... • Infectious: Bell's ... palsy (HSV), Vestibular ... CNS abscess • Neurologic ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... subarachnoid hemorrhage Ischemic ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Stroke ... #management #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... , facial nerve ischemia ... presentation • Lyme Serology ... symptoms): MRI+gad (stroke ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
after TIA or Acute Ischemic ... Stroke • TIA ... ≥ 1 day after stroke ... starting a NOAC ≥ 12 ... #CVA #neurology
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... E deficiency, stroke ... Progressive supranuclear palsy ... MovementDisorders #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
you work up an ischemic ... ) B) Evaluate ischemic ... angiography • +/- Vit B12 ... #CVA #stroke #workup ... diagnosis #checklist #neurology
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
exemplified here by a Bell's ... palsy, is compared ... pathways, as in a stroke ... Nerve #Paralysis #Bells ... #Palsy #Neurology