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Prolonged neuromuscular blockade - Differential Diagnosis
- Drugs, Acid-base Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic, Electrolyte abnormalities

By Mark Harris, MD
Prolonged neuromuscular ... blockade - Differential ... Diagnosis - Drugs ... Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic ... #blockade #Prolonged
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness CRITICAL DIAGNOSES ... Muscle EMERGENT DIAGNOSES ... #Differential #Neurology ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Transverse Myelitis, Trauma ... neuromyopathy • Neuromuscular ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Peripheral Nervous System Disorders

1 Anterior Horn Cell
2 Spinal Roots and Nerves 
3 Peripheral Nerve—Mono-neuropathy  
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Polyneuropathy 5 Neuromuscular ... Nerve #Neuropathy #Neurology ... #Localization #Diagnosis
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Neurologic ... Migraine is a diagnosis ... Abnormalities Neuromuscular ... • Tumor • Trauma
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
- Differential Diagnosis ... Ganglion Lesion) Neuromuscular ... Idiopathic • Trauma ... Dissection • Trauma ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hyperreflexia • Neuromuscular ... Weakness #Sensory #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma ... Subarachnoid: Trauma ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #management #neurology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pain/Post-op • Neurologic ... trauma • Drugs ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pain/Post-op • Neurologic ... trauma • Drugs ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis