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Differential Diagnosis of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
 - TIA/stroke 
 - Seizure 
 - Hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia
Differential Diagnosis ... - Seizure - Hypoglycemia ... /hyperglycemia ... Mimics #CVA #TIA #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... • Metabolic: Hypoglycemia ... , Hyperglycemia, ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Provoked Seizures - Differential ... Metabolic • Hypoglycemia ... • Hyperglycemia ... Provoked #Seizures #Neurology ... #Differential #
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Hyperglycemia - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Stress: • Stress Hyperglycemia ... Infarction #Hyperglycemia ... #HighGlucose #Differential
"Eight I's" mnemonic for the main causes of hyperglycemia. #hhs #dka #ketoacidosis #diabetes #diabetic #em #differential
main causes of hyperglycemia ... #diabetic #em #differential
Causes of Prolonged Emergence - Anesthesiology

Prolonged Drug Action:
• Overdose 
• Hypothermia (< 33 C) 
• Incr
endocrine • Hypoglycemia ... / hyperglycemia ... • Alcohol Neurologic ... Anesthesiology #Causes #Differential
Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
 • Diabetic Ketoacidosis ± Hyperglycemia ± Hyperosmolar
 • Alcoholic Ketoacidosis ± Hyperglycemia
Ketoacidosis ± Hyperglycemia ... Ketoacidosis ± Hyperglycemia ... Metabolic #Acidosis #differential
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Table

 • Step 1: Correct for hyperglycemia. Corrected Na = [(glucose - 100)/
Hyponatremia Differential ... 1: Correct for hyperglycemia ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Table #nephrology
Diabetes – diabetic nephropathy
Majority of the literature in the area is applied to the diabetic nephropathy
- Chronic hyperglycemia ... hyperfiltration - Hyperglycemia ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology
Ketosis Disorders - Comparison Table
 • Starvation Ketosis
 • Alcoholic Ketoacidosis (AKA)
 • Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
Euglycemic DKA • Hyperglycemic ... Disorders #ketones #differential