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Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric Seizures ... Generalized Epilepsies ... Focal Epilepsies ... overdose • Alcohol Withdrawal ... Cataplexy #Seizures
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS) - ICU OnePager

Scoring Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS):
 • PAWSS
 • CIWA-Ar
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Symptom Timeline ... Symptoms (6-36 ... Seizures (6-48 ... - Status epilepticus ... with normal vital signs
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... mutations - Down syndrome ... chromosome 21) Signs ... dysfunction: myoclonic seizure ... #symptoms
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
Clinical manifestations ... hypertension, Seizures ... Hepatorenal syndrome ... liver #failure #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Time course of events during the alcohol withdrawal syndrome. 
The signs and symptoms that manifest earliest
during the alcohol withdrawal ... syndrome. ... The signs and symptoms ... hallucinations and seizures ... The earliest symptoms
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... to use EtOH • Withdrawal ... symptoms - ... tremor, insomnia, seizure ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
Clinical manifestations ... Dizziness, syncope, seizures ... arrest, Kounis syndrome ... #anaphylaxis #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
PRES) Overview Clinico-Radiological ... brain PRES Clinical ... PRES-Associated Clinical ... Neurological symptoms ... nonconvulsive status epilepticus
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Refeeding Syndrome ... may cause severe clinical ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Rhabdomyolysis • Seizures ... heart failure • Epilepsy
Alcohol Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
The onset of alcohol withdrawal generally begins 6-24 hours after the
: Clinical Findings ... hallucinations -> seizures ... Risk of having seizures ... progress to DT if seizures ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs