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===[[Altered mental status]]===
===[[Altered mental status]]===
*Diffuse brain dysfunction  
====Diffuse brain dysfunction====
**Encephalopathies
*[[hypoxia|Hypoxic]] encephalopathy
***Hypoxic encephalopathy
*[[Delirium|Acute toxic-metabolic encephalopathy (Delirium)]]
***Metabolic encephalopathy
**[[Hypoglycemia]]
****[[Hypoglycemia]]
**Hyperosmolar state (e.g., [[hyperglycemia]])
****Hyperosmolar state (e.g., [[hyperglycemia]])
**[[Electrolyte Abnormalities]] ([[hypernatremia]] or [[hyponatremia]], [[hypercalcemia]])
****[[Electrolyte Abnormalities]] ([[hypernatremia]] or [[hyponatremia]], [[hypercalcemia]])
**Organ system failure
****Organ system failure
**[[Hepatic Encephalopathy]]
****[[Hepatic Encephalopathy]]
**[[Uremia]]/[[Renal Failure]]
****[[Uremia]]/[[Renal Failure]]
**Endocrine ([[Addison's disease]], [[Cushing syndrome]], [[hypothyroidism]], [[myxedema coma]], [[thyroid storm]])
****Endocrine ([[Addison disease]], [[hypothyroidism]])
**[[Hypoxia]]
****[[Hypoxia]]
**[[CO2 narcosis]]
****[[CO2 narcosis]]
*[[Hypertensive Encephalopathy]]
***[[Hypertensive Encephalopathy]]
*[[Toxins]]
**[[Toxins]]
*[[TTP]] / [[Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura]]
**Drug reactions ([[NMS]])
*[[Alcohol withdrawal]]
**Environmental causes
*Drug reactions ([[NMS]], [[Serotonin Syndrome]])
***[[Hypothermia]]
*Environmental causes
***[[Hyperthermia]]
**[[Hypothermia]]
**Deficiency state
**[[Hyperthermia]]
***[[Wernicke encephalopathy]]
*Deficiency state
**[[Sepsis]]
**[[Wernicke encephalopathy]]
*Primary CNS disease or trauma  
**Subacute Combined Degeneration of Spinal Cord ([[Vitamin B12 deficiency|B12 deficiency]])
**Direct CNS trauma
**[[Rickets|Vitamin D Deficiency]]
***Diffuse axonal injury
**Zinc Deficiency
***[[Subdural]]/[[epidural hematoma]]
*[[Sepsis]]
**Vascular disease
*[[Osmotic demyelination syndrome]] (central pontine myelinolysis)
***Intraparenchymal hemorrhage
*[[Limbic encephalitis]]
**[[SAH]]
 
**Infarction
====Primary CNS disease or trauma====
***Hemispheric, brainstem
*Direct CNS trauma
**CNS infections
**Diffuse axonal injury
**Neoplasms
**[[Subdural hemorrhage|Subdural]]/[[epidural hematoma]]
**[[Seizures]]
*Vascular disease
***Nonconvulsive [[status epilepticus]]
**[[ICH|Intraparenchymal hemorrhage]]
****Consider if motor activity of [[seizure]] has stopped but pt is not alert w/in 30min
*[[SAH]]
***Postictal state
*[[Stroke]]
**Hemispheric, brainstem
*CNS infections
**[[Encephalitis]]
**[[Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis]]
**[[Meningitis]]
*Neoplasms
**[[Paraneoplastic]] [[Limbic encephalitis]]
**Malignant Meningitis
**Pancreatic [[Insulinoma]]
*[[Seizures]]
**Nonconvulsive [[status epilepticus]]
**Postictal state
*[[Dementia]]
**[[Alzheimer's]]
**[[Lewy Body Dementia]]
**[[Frontotemporal Dementia]]
 
====Psychiatric====
*[[Acute psychosis]]
*[[Catatonia]]
*[[Excited delirium]]
*Malingering
*[[Steroid induced psychosis]]

Latest revision as of 12:29, 13 March 2024

Altered mental status

Diffuse brain dysfunction

Primary CNS disease or trauma

Psychiatric