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Causes of Secondary Headaches (without Red Flag Symptoms) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute
 • Sinusitis
 • Dental
Causes of Secondary ... Red Flag Symptoms ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... #Neurology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential Diagnosis ... photophobia - Mild ... - Autonomic symptoms ... Traumatic brain injury ... • CNS Vasculitis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... brain lesion • CNS ... #Algorithm #neurology
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Ill (Oculomotor ... Fasciculus (MLF) Iniury ... Skew Deviation Casey ... ophthalmology #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential Diagnosis ... sweat Heat Injury ... Syncope • Signs/Symptoms ... sensations - Headache ... #causes #stroke
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... : Fever, headache ... : Fever, headache ... Demyelinating disease caused ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Drug Induced Kidney Injury
 • Pre-Renal: NSAIDS, CNI, ACEI/ARB, IL-2 therapy, Diuretics CAR-T therapy
 • Osmotic
Induced Kidney Injury ... Pre-Renal: NSAIDS, CNI ... , ACEI/ARB, IL-2 ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #nephrology
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free ... #neurology
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
- Differential Diagnosis ... Fascicle (Other CN ... Ill Findings) ... adrenaline • Cluster Headache ... #Algorithm #Causes
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Algorithm Clinical ... Ill palsy ... • Neurologic symptoms ... a mass as the cause ... #Algorithm #Causes