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Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect

This maneuver of intermittent light stimulus is called the alternating light test or
Relative Afferent ... pupils or relative afferent ... anomaly in the afferent ... very sensitive diagnostic ... RAPD #Relative #Afferent
Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
detect a relative afferent ... Left relative afferent ... Left relative afferent ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... RAPD #Relative #Afferent
Isocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative Afferent Pupil Defect
 • Optic Neuritis
 • Ischemic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Relative Afferent ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting
Visceral afferent stimulation
Vestibular disordrs
CNS disorckrs
Irritation of chemoreceptor trigger zone

#Nausea #Vomiting #Causes #Differential
Vomiting Visceral afferent ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
- Differential Diagnosis ... depletion • Afferent ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Erectile Dysfunction: Pathogenesis

Erectile Dysfunction - Persistent or recurrent inability to achieve an erection sufficient to achieve
); peripheral (afferent ... neuropathy) or efferent ... Pathophysiology #Urology #Diagnosis
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Impinges on nerves -> Afferent ... ophthalmology #diagnosis
Ileal Pouch Disorders - Differential Diagnosis
 • Surgical/Mechanical: Anastomotic leak, Pelvic sepsis, Sinus, Fistula, Strictures, Efferent
- Differential Diagnosis ... Fistula, Strictures, Efferent ... limb syndrome, Afferent ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
ophthalmoplegia • Afferent ... Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... lesions) McDonald diagnostic ... Multiple #sclerosis #diagnosis
NSAID vs ACEI/ARB effects on the Kidneys

Remember that NSAIDs and ACEI/ARB therapy have opposing effects on
vasoconstriction of the afferent ... they dilate the efferent