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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... Posterior Cord Syndrome ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Guillain–Barré syndrome ... (GBS) (aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl ... syndrome:  Most ... common cause of ... acute flaccid paralysis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... cardiomyopathy, Horner syndrome ... Miller Fisher Syndrome ... axonal form • MRI ... #Barre #Syndrome
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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, acute carpal tunnel ... syndrome, soft ... ) • ED Management ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... syndrome, Mononeuritis ... Phrenic nerve injury ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Malabsorption syndromes ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #algorithm #workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
kidney injury). ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Hypercalcemia, Cushing's syndrome ... White-coat syndrome ... Syndrome - Dr
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Summary Causes ... - Compartment syndrome ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... or compartment syndrome
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... inflammatory lung injury ... the underlying cause ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome