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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... compensatory HTN • Seizures ... • Serotonin syndrome ... #causes
Causes of Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures -  Epilepsy Syndromes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infantile:
 • Benign
Causes of Unprovoked ... Pediatric Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
criteria required to diagnose ... mm is needed to cause ... visual disturbance, seizure ... #Emergency #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #CriticalCare
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Vascular: Stroke, Hypertension ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #Algorithm #Causes
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Headache • Seizures ... • Headache • Seizures ... the underlying cause ... : Treat with AEDs ... until cause identified
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Depressed / Lethargic Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Related:
 • Drugs (Ex. SSRI)
 •
Causes of Depressed ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Gestational Hypertension ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... agitation) • Seizures ... Risk Factors: • Hypertensive ... Immunomodulatory meds ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... with previously stable ... White-coat syndrome ... Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
REBEL Review 99: Serotonin Syndrome via Yosuf Alam, MSIV

Presentation: Altered mentd status, Seizures, Myoclonus, Hypertension, Hyperthermia
99: Serotonin Syndrome ... mentd status, Seizures ... , Myoclonus, Hypertension ... Hyperthermia (most common cause ... extremity) Diagnosis