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Epilepsy Seizure Types - Generalized vs Focal

Generalized Seizures
 - Absence seizures 
 - Myoclonic seizures
Epilepsy Seizure Types ... Focal Generalized ... seizures - Tonic-clonic ... #Focal #Seizures ... #Types #Classification
Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) 
Type 1 - Failure of secretion
Type 2 - Bicarbonate wasting
Type 4 -
Acidosis (RTA) Type ... of secretion Type ... Bicarbonate wasting Type ... Mixed* - Inherited carbonic ... #classification
Focal Seizures
Focal Seizures With Impairment of Consciousness
 - The seizure may or may not start with
Become Generalized ... seizures that become generalized ... resemble tonic—clonic ... As in a tonic-clonic ... that has become generalized
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Chronic ... fat Increased fecal ... 1000 g/24 h) #Chronic ... Diarrhea #management #algorithm
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
Generalized Seizures ... Pseudoseizures Generalized ... When tonic—clonic ... Seizures / Tonic-Clonic ... Pseudoseizures #GrandMal #Classification
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... protein receptor type ... activin A receptor type ... Chronic thromboembolic ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
failure (acute and chronic ... Proximal RTA (type ... (classic) RTA (type ... Generalized distal ... Chronic progressive
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
febrile illness—any type ... ) - Previous chronic ... meningitis - Previous chronic ... with or without focal
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Chronic kidney disease ... Pseudohypoaldosteronism type ... pseudohypoaldosteronism type ... Chronic kidney disease ... High #Potassium #Classification