30 results
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Meniere's Disease ... Temporal Bone Fracture ... symptoms/signs, ... Infection • Meningitis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Posterior Reversible ... PRES) - Diagnosis Clinical ... Immunomodulatory meds ... • Autoimmune disease ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Neurology
Lyme Disease: Clinical diagnosis. Likely if recent hiking, travel to endemic area, erythema migrans (EM), an
Lyme Disease: Clinical ... Treatment is doxycycline ... ceftriaxone if carditis, meningitis ... (see figures). ... #LymeDisease #Symptoms
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Hallpike test (posterior ... No auditory symptoms ... test Méniére's disease ... Long symptom-free
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Coltivirus Symptoms ... • Common clinical ... features include ... influenzae Symptoms ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
conjunction with symptoms ... diagnosis and treatment ... Carcinomatous meningitis ... MRI lesions and clinical ... #Syndromes #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Neurological symptoms ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Tuberculous Meningitis ... Demyelinating disease ... Cryptococcal Meningitis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs/symptoms ... diagnosis can only be ... high index of clinical ... Hypercoagulable states • Clinical ... - Infectious Diseases
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
incomplete Kawasaki Disease ... if they have no clinical ... other suggestive features ... echo is positive, treatment ... #Diagnosis #Peds