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Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Adie's Pupil What ... Unknown nature & benign ... : • Adie's Pupil ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #ophthalmology
Bilateral tonic pupils observed in the patient with Ross syndrome. 
Absence of bilateral pupillary contraction despite
the patient with Ross ... Absence of bilateral ... clinical #video #ophthalmology ... #bilateral #reflex ... #neurology #absent
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
Differentiating Benign ... Neuritis-Labyrinthitis BENIGN ... ) • Epley maneuver ... saccade seen) • Epley ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis #neurology
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
acidosis: Gl tract loss ... Renovascular HTN, Renin ... hyperaldosteronism • HTN Absent ... potassium #low #nephrology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
muscle weakness • Absent ... Can begin in arms ... • Decreased / Absent ... Reflexes: Arms ... management #treatment #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
infection that cross-reacts ... muscle weakness, absent ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Spasticity - Reflexes ... : decreased or absent ... than 2/3 of the cross-sectional ... diagnosis #management #neurology
The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - Total Score = 0–42
1a—Level of consciousness
responds only with reflex ... ataxia 0 = Absent ... Normal; no sensory loss ... Severe-to-total sensory loss ... #NIHSS #Score #Neurology