Differential diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
- metabolic:
- diabetic ketoacidosis
- hypoglycaemia
- hyperosmolar states
- endocrine:
- hyponatraemia
- hypercalcaemia
- hypothyroidism
- drugs and toxins:
- alcohol intoxication or withdrawal
- Wernicke's encephalopathy
- opioids
- benzodiazepines
- infection:
- encephalitis
- sepsis related encephalopathy
- vascular:
- ischaemic stroke
- intracranial haemorrhage
- cerebral hypoperfusion
- others:
- non-convulsive status epilepticus
- brain lesions
- dementia
- obstructive sleep apnoea
- psychiatric disorder
Reference:
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