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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... DiagnosisNeurologic ... Mental #Status #AMS ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Causes
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Diagnosis Framework ... Infectious: Influenza, EBV ... Conversion "I am ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
hyperleukocytosis (AML ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Treatment ... #Management
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
#causes #atopy ... Brown K, Wigley AM ... J Am Acad Dermatol ... Petersen EBM, Skov ... , Mulick A, Yu AM
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential ... enhancement on CT ... Demyelinating disease caused ... • Symptoms: AMS ... #diagnosis #AIDS
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Diagnosis Red ... Physiological - Amy ... causes #primary ... #secondary #management ... #neurology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
EGPA) • Renal: (AKI ... Other tests: • CT ... Goodpasture's cause ... seen on chest CT ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... Diagnosis ECF ... ingestion, Congenital AME ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... edema visualized as ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... #management #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... - HIV, CMV, EBV ... #management #treatment ... #neurology