Differential Diagnosis for Sudden unconsciousness
Consciousness awaking loss, Consciousness loss, Consciousness loss of, LOC, LOC Loss of consciousness, Loss (of) consciousness, Loss of consciousness, Loss of consciousness (finding), LOSS OF CONSIOUSNESS, Lost consciousness, State Unconscious, sudden, Unconscious, Unconscious (finding), Unconscious State, Unconscious States, Unconscious(ness), Unconsciousness (less)
Consciousness awaking loss, Consciousness loss, Consciousness loss of, LOC,... (more)
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Trauma Causes
Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes
- Asphyxia/suffocation
- Drowning, fresh water
- Drowning, sea water
- Drowning/Near- drowning
- Heat exhaustion/prostration
- Heat stroke
- Encephalopathy/postanoxic
- Hypoxia
- Hypoxic environment
- Hypothermia, accidental/exposure
- Electrocution/lightning strike
- High altitude cerebral edema
- Decompression sickness
- High altitude pulmonary edema
Iatrogenic, Self Induced Disorders
Surgical, Procedure Complication
Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
- Pneumonia, bacterial
- AIDS Meningoencephalitis
- Encephalitis, herpes simplex
- Encephalitis, secondary viral
- Encephalitis, viral
- Meningitis, aseptic/viral
- Meningitis, Hemophilus
- Meningitis, pneumococcal
- Meningitis/bacterial
- Meningococcal meningitis
- Pneumonia/Bronchopneumonia
- Pneumonia, acute lobar
- Pneumonia, pneumococcal
- Typhoid fever
- Meningitis, tuberculosis
- Amebic (Naegleria) meningoencephalitis
- Candidiasis systemic
- Encephalitis, bacterial/cerebritis
- Encephalitis, Dawsons/inclusion body
- Encephalitis, Eastern equine
- Encephalitis, mumps
- Encephalitis, Murray valley
- Encephalitis, non-viral
- Encephalitis, St Louis B
- Encephalitis, Western equine
- Gram negative (e coli) meningitis
- Histoplasmosis meningitis
- Legionella meningoencephalitis
- Leptospiral meningitis
- Leptospirosis/severe (Weils) type
- Listeria meningitis
- Lyme meningoencephalitis
- Malaria, cerebral
- Meningitis, candida
- Meningitis, Coxacki viral
- Meningitis, echo viral
- Meningitis, staphylococcus aureus
- Plague meningitis
- Post-viral/infectious encephalopathy
- Primary bacterial peritonitis/ascites
- Rabies
- Reyes syndrome
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Trichinella meningoencephalitis
- Typhus, acute/epidemic
- West Nile fever/encephalitis
- Brucellosis
- Legionaires disease
- Listeria monocytogenes/listeriosis
- Meningitis, fungal
- Rocky mountain spotted fever
- Toxoplasma meningoencephalitis
- Creutzfeld-Jakob disease
- Meningitis, cryptococcal
- Psittacosis/ornithosis
- Sleeping sickness/trypanosomiasis
- Toxoplasmosis, cerebral
- Encephalitis, California
- Encephalitis, equine, Venezuelan
- Encephalitis, Japanese B
- Encephalitis, powassan
- Malaria
- Meningitis, coccidioidomycosis
- Nipah virus/encephalitis
- Plague, bubonic
- Tularemia meningitis
- Poliomyelitis, acute
- Fungus brain abscess
- Leptospirosis Ictohemorrhagica
Infected organ, Abscesses
Granulomatous, Inflammatory Disorders
Neoplastic Disorders
- Hypercalcemia of malignancy
- Metastatic brain disease
- Brain stem tumor
- Brain tumor
- Frontal lobe tumor
- Medulloblastoma
- Meningeal carcinomatosis
- Parietal lobe tumor
- Primary CNS lymphoma
- Temporal lobe tumor
- Brain tumor , malignant (astrocytoma)
- Glioblastoma multiforme
- Insulinoma/Islet cell tumor
- Meningioma
- Pontine glioma
Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders
Metabolic, Storage Disorders
Biochemical Disorders
Deficiency Disorders
Congenital, Developmental Disorders
Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders
Usage, Degenerative, Necrosis, Age Related Disorders
Relational, Mental, Psychiatric Disorders
Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders
- Cerebral vascular accident
- Cerebral embolism
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Cerebral vein thrombosis/phlebitis
- Intracerebral hemorrhage
- Myocardial infarction, acute
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Transient cerebral ischemia attack
- Cerebral infarct/Encephalomalacia
- Brain stem infarct
- Cavernous sinus thrombosis
- Cerebral/Venous sinus thrombophlebitis
- Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis
- Vertebrobasilar artery dissection
Functional, Physiologic Variant Disorders
Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders
- Cardiac arrest
- Syncope
- Syncope, vasovagal
- Arrhythmias
- Cardiogenic shock
- Convulsion/grand mal seizure
- Epilepsy
- Hypoglycemia, functional
- Increased intracranial pressure
- Seizure disorder
- Hyperthermia
- Hypotension
- Orthostatic hypotension
- Post-ictal status
- Thyrotoxicosis (Graves disease)
- Hypothyroidism (myxedema)
- Encephalopathy, hypertensive
- Hypertension, malignant
- Malignant hyperthermia
- Myxedema coma
- Myxedema madness/psychosis
- Stokes-Adams attacks
- Thyrotoxic crisis
- Complete heart block
- Inappropriate ADH secretion
- Vertebrobasilar migraine syndrome
- Hypothyroidism, juvenile
- Narcolepsy
- Pickwick's syndrome
Reference to Organ System
- Shock
- Cerebral edema
- Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Hypovolemic shock
- Renal failure, acute
- Respiratory distress (adult) syndrome
- Brain disorders
- Respiratory failure/Pulmonary insufficiency
- Emphysema/COPD/Chronic lung disease
- Cerebral thrombotic thrombocytopenia
- Hepatorenal syndrome
- Renal failure,chronic (uremia/azotemia)
- Uremic encephalopathy
- Encephalopathy
- Hyperviscosity syndrome
- Pernicious anemia
- Pontine lesion/disorder
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Combined system disease/pernicious an.
- Fever Unknown Origin
Pathophysiologic
Drugs
- Medication/drugs
- Benzodiazepines administration
- Sedative drugs administration
- Digitalis toxicity/poisoning
- Hypoglycemia, diabetic/treatment
- Intoxication/overdose syndrome
- Salicylate intoxication/overdose
- Tricyclic overdose
- Barbiturate/sedative abuse/dependent
- Drug induced Hypoglycemia.
- Oral hypoglycemic admin/effect
- Insulin (Humulin/Novulin) admin
- Isoniazid (INH/Nydrazid) admin
- Ergot toxicity
- Isoniazid hepatitis
- Milk-alkali syndrome
Poisoning (Specific Agent)
- Opiate overdose toxidrome
- Kitchen gas/propane exposure
- Alcohol/Ethanol ingestion/intake
- Alcohol amnestic disorder
- Alcohol induced hypoglycemia
- Alcohol intoxication, acute
- Alcohol seizure (rum fits)
- Cholinergic crisis toxidrome
- Delirium tremens
- Insecticide/organophosphate type
- Overdose, drug/alcohol
- Poisoning
- Snakebite (neurotoxic/coral/cobra type)
- Snakebite (rattlesnake/pit viper type)
- Hallucinogen abuse
- Lead poisoning in children
- Smoke inhalation
- Heroin/morphine usage/addiction
- Cyanide/Hydrogen cyanide exposure/poisoning
- Vomiting CBW agent (Dm/Da/Dc) Weapon exposure
- Arsine gas (Hydrogen arsenide) poisoning
- Carbon monoxide poisoning/exposure
- Diethylene Glycol poisoning
- Ethylene glycol [Antifreeze] ingestion
- Insecticide/pesticide poisoning
- Intentional poisoning
- Isopropyl alcohol ingestion/poisoning
- Mustard gas exposure/poisoning
- Nerve gas exposure
- Aluminum toxicity/syndrome
- Ammonia exposure/inhalation
- Hydrogen sulfide poisoning/inhalation
- Insecticide/chlorinated/non-ester's inh
- Lead poisoning
- Lead encephalopathy
- Nitrogen narcotic action
- Carbon disulfide inhalant/poisoning
- Chlorine gas poisoning
- Methane gas poisoning/asphyxia
- Carbon dioxide gas inhalation/asphyxia
Organ Poisoning (Intoxication)
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