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Management of Convulsive Status Epilepticus in children
Stabilization Phase (Seizure 0-5 minutes):
 • Check and maintain ABC
Convulsive Status Epilepticus ... breathing and circulation ... • Consider CBC ... Early Status Epilepticus ... pediatrics #peds #algorithm
Management Algorithm for Status Epilepticus

• Assess airway, breathing, and circulation
• Pulse oximetry
• Electrocardiogram
• Finger stick (give
Management Algorithm ... for Status Epilepticus ... breathing, and circulation ... StatusEpilepticus #Management #Algorithm
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
intestine Larvae exit circulation ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
Hatched larvae enter circulation ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... CTA • Anterior circulation ... nonconvulsive status epilepticus
Schistosoma Life Cycle - Schistosomiasis
1) Eggs shed from infected human: in feces, in urine
2) Eggs hatch
schistosomulae 8) Circulation ... Schistosomiasis #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
especially status epilepticus ... • Pathophysiology ... uteroplacental circulation ... The predominant pathophysiologic ... • Pathophysiology