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Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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• Aphasia • Apraxia ... Cognition/Confusion, Dementia ... Unilateral Spinal Cord ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
and workup ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... functions - Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia ... syndrome - Hippocampal ... - 2nd cause after
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
, Acute spinal cord ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... finding in spinal cord ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #neurology
Wet, Wacky, Wobbly Triad of Symptoms in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)

Wet - Urinary Incontinence
Wacky - Reduced
Attention Span → Dementia ... Wobbly - Ataxic ... short-stepped gait ... Hydrocephalus #NPH #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
mutations - Down syndrome ... memory • Aphasia, word-finding ... incontinence, apraxia ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... and Differential Diagnosis ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis serology ... , HIV serology, ... #nephrology #causes
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 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
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... of injury • Gait ... Causes: 1. ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #neurology #differential
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
Horner's Syndrome ... consistent with a diagnosis ... experience, the cause ... decompress the spinal cord ... #physicalexam #neurology