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Algorithm for the differentiation between simple and complex febrile seizures. Guidelines for evaluation of each. #Diagnosis
febrile seizures ... Guidelines for evaluation ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #EM #Neuro #Peds ... #Fever #Seizure
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... Protein > 80 - Seizure ... febrile seizure ... ) #Diagnosis #Peds ... #EM #Classification
Causes of Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures -  Epilepsy Syndromes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infantile:
 • Benign
Pediatric Seizures ... West Syndrome • Dravet ... Epilepsy #Unprovoked #Seizures ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Algorithm Unprovoked ... Focal: Simple, Complex ... Eclampsia, Prophyria #Seizures ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Seizures • Sepsis ... Cataplexy #Seizures ... #Algorithm #Causes
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
and Evaluation ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... , confusion, seizures ... #EM #IM #Nephro ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
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Pediatric Seizures ... Infection: • Febrile ... Seizures • Sepsis ... DIMS #Mnemonic #Seizures ... #Algorithm #Causes
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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therapy Herpes Simplex ... personality change, seizures ... complaints or seizures ... Demyelinating disease caused ... aphasia, and/or seizures