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TYPES OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND AREAS OF BRAIN DAMAGE INVOLVED 
Hemiplegia 
Diplegia 
Quadriplegia 
Athetoid
Dystonic 
Ataxic
Quadriplegia Athetoid ... Dystonic Ataxic #CereberalPalsy ... Extrapyramidal #Diagnosis
Motor Syndromes of Cerebral Palsy:

Spastic Hemiplegia, Spastic diplegia, Spastic quadriplegia (‘total body involvement’), Athetoid (extrapyramidal, dyskinetic)

#Diagnosis
involvement’), Athetoid ... dyskinetic) #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #CerebralPalsy
Eye Anatomy and Key Diagnoses Rule of 2s - Anterior Eye - Utilize slit lamp exam
Anatomy and Key Diagnoses ... slit lamp exam #Diagnosis ... RuleOf2s #RuleOfTwos #Table ... #Conjunctiva #Cornea
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
- Differential Diagnosis ... hemorrhage • Dry eyes Cornea ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #table #causes
Causes of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Tics:
 • Tourette's Syndrome
 • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
- Differential Diagnosis ... Toxic / metabolic Chorea ... Huntington's Disease Athetosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... ventricular arrythmias Diagnostics ... CT/MRI ($$$$) CORE ... cardiology #management #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
(ETEC), Vibrio cholera ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table
Hepatitis B (HBV) Serology

HBsAg - Presence denotes current HBV infection (chronic or acute)
HBV Core Antibody -
or acute) HBV Core ... HBV #Serology #Diagnosis ... Interpretation #Table
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
conjunctiva and cornea ... vitamin #nutrition #table ... #differential #diagnosis