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  • Facial weakness and Bell palsy
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Facial_weakness_and_Bells_palsy/
    , trauma, tumour or a vascular event Bell palsy is an idiopathic lower motor neuron palsy of the facial … and nonstroke brain attacks in children. Neurology. 2014. 82(16), p1434-40. Peitersen E. Bell's palsy …
  • Diabetes insipidus
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Diabetes_insipidus/
    with compensatory polydipsia and potentially fluid and electrolyte imbalance Causes: central: head trauma, brain … tumour in/near the pituitary, post-neurosurgery, genetic, meningitis or idiopathic nephrogenic: genetic … DI: MRI brain and pituitary, screen other anterior pituitary hormones Treatment: Central DI …
  • Headache
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Headache/
    Tension-type headache Anxiety, depression Somatisation Chronic progressive Tumour Benign intracranial … hypertension Brain abscess Hydrocephalus Acute on chronic non-progressive Tension headache with co-existent …