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Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
Common Injuries by System ... : CNS - Seizure ... compartment syndrome ... with AC HEENT -Cataracts ... Electricity #Evaluation #Diagnosis
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
desaturation, Scotoma, Ocular ... • Transverse myelitis ... pain • Extra-CNS ... autoimmune disorders (Systemic ... Manifestations #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Systemic disease ... to local skin injury ... basal ganglia, CNS ... meningitis), MCC CNS ... collaboration • CNS
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
sensory and motor systems ... Differential diagnosis ... Multiple Sclerosis: CNS ... exposure & prominent cranial ...  Transverse myelitis
Lightning Strike Electrical Injury
Types of Lightning Strikes: Direct, Side Splash, Contact injury, Ground current
ELECTRICAL INJURIES: Primary
household) ORGAN SYSTEMS ... CNS- stroke, seizure ... OCULAR- cataracts ... #clinical #video ... #NSFW #Electrocution
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
gland) biopsy • Ocular ... Parotid swelling CNS ... (CNS): demyelinating ... disease, myelopathy, cranial ... • 8%-27% for CNS
Toaster Electrocution Electrical Injury
Primary determination of injury extent = amount of CURRENT flowing through body.
VARIABLES: voltage,
household) ORGAN SYSTEMS ... coagulation, compartment syndrome ... CNS- stroke, seizure ... OCULAR- cataracts ... #nsfw
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Erythematous, macular ... Differential Diagnosis ... and CNS • Headache ... meningitis • Cranial ... • Transverse Myelitis
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... reticular activating system ... blinks to threat Cranial ... • Vestibulo-ocular ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam