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Newborn Assessment - APGAR Score

Assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated
Newborn Assessment ... Assessment of newborn ... vital signs following ... develop long-term neurologic ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Evaluation of suspected incomplete ... is considered positive ... If echo is positive ... clinical and lab signs ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics #neurology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
Postmicturition: Dribbling, incomplete ... Hydronephrosis, Acute ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... #Urology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Can begin in arms ... variants: (1) acute ... management #treatment #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms: Acute ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... #management #neurology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... • Mutism Pathophysiology ... • Examine for signs ... UnResponsiveness (FOUR Score ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
Examples: - Benign ... Numbness in feet, positive ... Romberg sign ... Recurrent #Falls #Diagnosis ... Evaluation #Geriatrics #Neurology