2012 results
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Hypertension Management Algorithm ... Monotherapy: • Thiazide ... /thiazide-like ... • Hypertensive Encephalopathy ... Hypertension #Management #Algorithm
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Hypertensive encephalopathy ... Hypoglycemia • B12/Thiamine ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... - Acute Thiamine ... classic triad of encephalopathy ... gabifpucci #Wernicke #Encephalopathy ... #Thiamine #B1 #
Diuretics - summary table
Thiazides and Related Diuretics: HCTZ, Chlorthalidone, Metolazone, Indapamide, Bendroflumethiazide 
Loop Diuretics: Furosemide, Ethacrynic
summary table Thiazides ... pharmacology #table #thiazide
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Wernicke Encephalopathy ... - Acute B1 (Thiamine ... worsen Wernicke Encephalopathy ... neudrawlogy #Wernicke #Encephalopathy ... #B1 #Thiamine #
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
Wernicke's Encephalopathy ... Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine ... Wernicke's encephalopathy ... to longstanding thiamine ... vitaminB1 #B1 #thiamine
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
presentation of Thiamine ... untreated Wernicke Encephalopathy ... factors of Wernicke Encephalopathy
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
Temperature, Trauma, Thiamine ... MentalStatus #AMS #encephalopathy
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... : Hypertensive encephalopathy ... neurocognitive disease) #Encephalopathy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pharmacology of diuretics

Acetazolamide, Loop diuretics, Thiazide‐like diuretics, MRA, Amiloride

Site of Action, Maximum Dose, Half-Life, Onset, Bioavailability,
Loop diuretics, Thiazide‐like ... #Dosing #Loop #Thiazide