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Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
Pediatric Seizures - Differential ... DIMS" Mnemonic Drugs ... : • Drug overdose ... • Hyperglycemia ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... , Recreational drugs ... • Metabolic: Hypoglycemia ... , Hyperglycemia, ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Provoked Seizures - Differential ... • Hyperglycemia ... Uremia • Alcohol/drug ... Provoked #Seizures #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
Causes of HyperKalemia ... - Differential ... Diabetes mellitus • Hyperglycemia ... blockers - MCW Nephrology ... #Differential #
Causes of Prolonged Emergence - Anesthesiology

Prolonged Drug Action:
• Overdose 
• Hypothermia (< 33 C) 
• Incr
Anesthesiology Prolonged Drug ... Redistribution • Drug ... / hyperglycemia ... • Alcohol Neurologic ... Anesthesiology #Causes #Differential
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
Differential Diagnosis ... antibodies #Diagnosis #EM ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Drugs ... Malignancy #Exogenous #Hypoglycemic
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Pediatric Seizures - Differential ... Syndrome Provoked - Drugs ... : • Drug overdose ... • Hyperglycemia ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Cellular Shift:
   - Exercise
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... - Differential ... Insulin deficiency, hyperglycemia ... angiotensin inhibitors, meds ... #Differential #
Hyponatremia - Differential Algorithm
Isotonic Hyponatremia: Hyperlipidemia, Hyperproteinemia, Recent TURP
Hypotonic Hyponatremia: 
 • Hypovolemia: Diuretics/Nephropathies, Vomiting, Diarrhea,
Hyponatremia - Differential ... polydipsia • Hypervolemia ... Hyponatremia: Hyperglycemia ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology
Causes of Status Epilepticus in Adults
METABOLIC DISTURBANCES
Hepatic encephalopathy
Hypocalcemia
Hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia
Hyponatremia
Uremia
INFECTIOUS PROCESSES
Central nervous system abscess
Encephalitis
Meningitis
WITHDRAWAL SYNDROMES
Alcohol
Antiepileptic drugs
Baclofen
Barbiturates
Benzodiazepines
CENTRAL
Hypocalcemia Hypoglycemia ... or hyperglycemia ... Antiepileptic drugs ... Epilepticus #Seizures #Differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology