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Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
2) Presence of symptoms ... postural BP) 4) Medical ... #EM #IM #Nephro ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm - Patient ... presents with complex medical ... Conversion Disorder - Neurologic ... #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Medium and large ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Algorithm Red ... papilledema • Horner syndrome ... lyme • Altered mental ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... #Algorithm #neurology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
and Management ... • Changes in mental ... treatment can improve symptoms ... development of Korsakoff syndrome ... #Management #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Sarcoidosis, Behcet ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #neurology #differential ... #algorithm
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Seizures • Altered mental ... may precede the neurologic ... Neurological symptoms ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... than one after symptom ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... primary condition MEDIUM ... affects the skin, neurologic ... • Progressive symptoms ... vasculitis • Behcet