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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent Causes ... subcortical - Brainstem ... subcortical - Brainstem ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Differential ... #Neurology #Causes
Multiple Cranial Neuropathies - High Yield Differential Diagnosis
 • Intrinsic brainstem process
 • Compressive brainstem process
Neuropathies - High Yield Differential ... Diagnosis • Intrinsic brainstem ... • Compressive brainstem ... #Neuropathies #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Vertigo - Differential ... • Cerebellar / Brainstem ... • Cerebellar / Brainstem ... Vertigo #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
and Peripheral Causes ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Central Causes ... and hemorrhage, Brainstem ... #Differential #
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... PVFM) Cardiac Causes ... Hematologic Causes ... mal seizure • Brainstem ... Tachypnea #Hyperpnea #Differential
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
Important Causes ... TIER 3-URGENT: Brainstem ... mass #Diplopia #differential
Tinnitus - Subjective (heard only by patient) - 90% - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral On Audiogram -
patient) - 90% - Differential ... Auditory Nerve • Brainstem ... • Metabolic Causes ... hearing #subjective #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Causes ... PCA Aneurysm), Brainstem ... Hypothermia Causes ... Mydriasis #Miosis #differential
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
both UMN, LMN and brainstem ... - Causes progressive ... Escorial criteria uses ... conditions listed in differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... present in 15% of cases ... temporal lobes, brainstem ... Demyelinating disease caused ... CNS #Infections #differential