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Causes of Stroke - Ischemic, Hemorrhagic, Subarachnoid - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Ischemic
 • Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Causes of Stroke ... Subarachnoid - Differential ... Hemorrhage #Stroke #CVA ... #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
BEHIND - Stroke Mimics Mnemonic
Brain: Mass, Hemorrhage, Contusion
Epilepsy: Post Ictal State, 
Hyponatremia, Hypogycemia
Intoxication, Infection
Neuro: Migraine, Multiple
Multiple Sclerosis Dissection ... Mimics #Mnemonic #CVA ... #Neurology #Diagnosis ... #Differential
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Atherosclerosis, Dissection ... SCVMCMed #Stroke #CVA ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #management #neurology
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
with a peripheral cause ... with a central cause ... #PhysicalExam #Neurology ... VestibularSyndrome #Posterior ... #CVA #Peripheral
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
Causes of Ischemic ... Stroke - Differential ... Non-atherosclerotic: Arterial dissection ... Ischemic #Stroke #CVA ... #Differential #
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
and Peripheral Causes ... - Differential ... contusion • Tumours: CPA ... , posterior fossa ... #Differential #
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Causes of Urinary ... Obstruction - Differential ... NOT distended on ultrasound ... stricture • Posterior ... #Urology
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... Vascular: Aortic dissection ... Nodule / mass • Masses ... Middle mediastinal, Posterior ... Mediastinal #Widening #Differential
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
Carotid artery dissection ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Stroke #causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
Dilated Pupil - Differential ... SAH, tumor • Posterior ... no neurological cause ... Dilated #Pupil #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology