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NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
muscle weakness ... involvement, Mild sensory ... in CSF • Sharp sensory ... hexacarbon abuse • Acute ... #criteria #neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
 •
of Peripheral Weakness ... with Sensory Changes ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Compression: • Carpal ... #Sensory #Neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
without Sensory ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Cardio-pulmonary ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... #Neurology #Differential
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... - Summary Acute ... variants: (1) acute ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... management #treatment #neurology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... contralateral to weakness ... ipsilateral to weakness ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Upper extremity weakness ... Sensory loss below ... and #Acute # ... #orthopedics #neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Narrowing of spinal canal ... claudication and weakness ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... #sensory #motor
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary ... Impairment: • Acute ... stroke syndromes ... signs - Lack of sensory ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... (GBS) Acute autoimmune ... progressive flaccid weakness ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine • MCC- acute ... and/or genital sensory ... cord • Guillain-Barre ... lower extremity weakness ... diagnosis #causes #neurology