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The Dementia Umbrella

Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms that are caused
Dementia is ... not one specific disease ... is Alzheimer's disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Geriatrics
The Febrile Child - some diagnostic clues to evaluating the febrile child.

#Febrile #Fever #Evaluation #Assessment #Signs
Febrile Child - some diagnostic ... Evaluation #Assessment #Signs ... #Symptoms #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
the Elderly - Dementia ... Depression - Disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Causes
Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Existing organ disease ... (ie dementia) ... Precipitants #Elderly #Geriatrics ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... chromosome 21) Signs ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics ... #diagnosis #signs
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis ... 1) Clinical diagnosis ... 3) Perform the diagnostic ... (parkinsonian signs ... #Geriatrics #Workup
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
on severity of disease ... a hierarchy of diagnostic ... (required for diagnosis ... pathophysiology #geriatrics ... #diagnosis
Kawasaki Disease (Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome) 
An rare systemic acute febrile vasculitic syndrome. Aetiology unknown. 
Affects
Kawasaki Disease ... Early diagnosis ... #Kawasaki #Disease ... #Features #Signs ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Guide for testing and documenting neurological function in kids with upper limb fractures 

Rock - Median
Ulnar Nerve OK Sign ... drsarahedwards #Diagnosis ... #Pediatrics #Hand ... Peripheral #Nerves #PhysicalExam
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Brudzinski’s Sign ... Brudzinski's sign ... despite severe disease ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Pediatrics #Peds