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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Encephalitis, Brain Abscess ... Neurocysticercosis, PML ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Floppy Newborn) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hematoma • Abscess ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Hypernatremia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... history Step #2 - Assess ... Hypernatremia #Management ... #nephrology #insipidus
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... West Syndrome • Dravet ... Structural: • Head ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Congenital Heart ... Disturbances Neurologic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
 •
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm ... movement of the head ... #dizzy #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology ... #management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Antibiotics (Bactrim, PCN ... tourniquet / IVF line draw ... #potassium #nephrology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Neck: “dropping head ... life-threatening Differential ... Miller Fischer and PCB ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... a) Ischemic heart ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
immune system may react ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... leukoencephalopathy (PML ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management