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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent Causes ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Differential ... #Neurology #Causes
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
, Acute spinal cord ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Incontinence - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Psychological/psychiatric ... neuropathy or spinal cord ... , cauda equina syndrome
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in Wonderland Syndrome ... (Many causes!) ... • Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness • Spinal Cord ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Disease, Anton's Syndrome ... Cortical Blindness, Psychiatric ... Confabulation #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease • Spinal Cord ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... result in permanent neurologic ... Causes of spinal ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
Causes of Dizziness ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Problem • Drugs Psychiatric ... Lightheadedness #Neurology ... #Causes
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Cerebellar/Posterior Cords ... radiculopathy Other: • Psychiatric ... #Diagnosis #neurology