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Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
still able to copy ... Causes: Stroke ... (main cause), Traumatic ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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: CHF, valves, COPD ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
average settings • Causes ... gas equation • Causes ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... • Most common cause ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent Causes ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... #Differential #Neurology ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - Causes ... , Acute spinal cord ... Deep coma (any cause ... finding in spinal cord ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Central Cord Syndromes
 - Anterior Cord Syndrome
 - Central Cord Syndrome
 - Brown Sequard Syndrome

#CentralCord #Syndromes
Central Cord Syndromes ... - Anterior Cord ... Syndrome - Central Cord ... #BrownSequard #Neurology
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
your grand rounds/cases ... H. influenzae (COPD ... Pseudomonas — COPD ... Legionella spp (COPD ... #Microbiology #Causes
Spinal Cord Anatomy - Arterial Blood Supply

By @rev.med

#Spinal #Cord #Anatomy #Arterial #Blood #Supply #Arteries #neurology
Spinal Cord Anatomy ... rev.med #Spinal #Cord ... Supply #Arteries #neurology
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
Asthma, Asthma-COPD ... Overlap and COPD ... The diagnosis of COPD ... ACO = asthma-COPD ... Diagnosis #Management #ACOPD
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... differential #diagnosis #neurology