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Chorea and Athetosis on Physical Exam (Choreoathetosis)

#Chorea #Athetosis #PhysicalExam #Choreoathetosis #clinical #video #neurology
Chorea and Athetosis ... Physical Exam (Choreoathetosis ... ) #Chorea #Athetosis ... #PhysicalExam #Choreoathetosis
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Side Effects of Antipsychotic ... Young, antipsychotic ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... • Tx: Stop antipsychotic ... rarely widespread choreoathetosis
Pharmacology, Toxicity and Management of Second Generation Antipsychotic (SGA) Overdose #Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology #Psychiatry #SGA #SecondGenerationAntipsychotics
Second Generation Antipsychotic ... SGA) Overdose #Diagnosis
TYPES OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND AREAS OF BRAIN DAMAGE INVOLVED 
Hemiplegia 
Diplegia 
Quadriplegia 
Athetoid
Dystonic 
Ataxic
Quadriplegia Athetoid ... Extrapyramidal #Diagnosis
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is an idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic medications classically characterized
Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis ... idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic ... Triggers: - Antipsychotics ... initiation of antipsychotics ... Malignant #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Motor Syndromes of Cerebral Palsy:

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

#Diagnosis
involvement’), Athetoid ... dyskinetic) #Diagnosis
Hyperthyroidism – symptoms and signs. 

Symptoms:

Weight loss, Increased appetite, Irritability/behaviour change, Restlessness, Malaise, Stiffness, Muscle weakness,
weakness, Tremor, Choreoathetosis ... Symptoms #Signs #Diagnosis
Third Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) Example: Aripiprazole
Dopamine D2 Receptor Partial Agonist
 • Binds
Third Generation Antipsychotics ... Antidepressant Effects #AntiPsychotics ... #pharmacology #diagnosis
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
Anticholinergic: low potency antipsychotics ... antihistamines #Diagnosis
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
second-generation antipsychotics ... #Diagnosis #Differential