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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
- Differential ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... , Recreational drugs ... brain injury • Infectious ... : Meningitis, Encephalitis
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
- Differential ... DIMS" Mnemonic Drugs ... : • Drug overdose ... • Poisoning Infection ... • Sepsis • Meningitis
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure ... Pneumonia, Sepsis, Meningitis ... Abscess • Toxic: Medications ... , Recreational drugs
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
Generalized Seizures ... other sedative drugs ... and bacterial meningitis ... Classification #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #Signs #Symptoms
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
- Differential ... Algorithm Febrile Infection ... Encephalitis • Meningitis ... Uremia • Alcohol/drug ... #Neurology #Differential
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... • Uremia INFECTIOUS ... : • Meningitis ... withdrawal • Drug ... withdrawal • Medication
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
- Differential ... Syndrome Provoked - Drugs ... : • Drug overdose ... Poisoning Provoked - Infection ... • Sepsis • Meningitis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
to Headaches - Differential ... • Meningeal signs ... fever, myalgia), seizures ... lesion • CNS infection ... (e.g., meningitis
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Intracranial tumor • Infection ... : Meningitis, Encephalitis ... Depression, Epilepsy, Drugs ... Disorders #dementia #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Congestion • Medications ... Immune-mediated, Infection-mediated ... , Drug-induced ... #Diagnosis #nephrology