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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Weakness CRITICAL DIAGNOSES ... - Cerebral cortex ... Muscle EMERGENT DIAGNOSES ... - Cerebral cortex ... Neurology #Causes #Diagnosis
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hypertension, ICH, Cerebral ... Vasculitis, Reversible cerebral ... Hypocalcemia, Cerebral ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Clinical Features and Vascular Territories of Stroke
Anterior circulation—anterior cerebral artery (ACA) - Contralateral leg weakness
Anterior circulation—middle
circulation—anterior cerebral ... circulation—middle cerebral ... circulation—posterior cerebral ... circulation—brainstem, vertebral ... #Stroke #CVA #Diagnosis
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Infections: Cerebral ... , Tuberculoma, Cerebral ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Central Nervous System Disorders - Patterns of Localization - Cerebral Cortex, Brainstem, Spinal Cord, Subcortical, Cerebellum

#CNS
Localization - Cerebral ... Neurology #Cortex #Diagnosis
Cerebral Salt Wasting vs SIADH - Pathophysiology 
1) Neurological event
2) Sodium loss from tubules
3) Naturiesis →
Cerebral Salt Wasting ... @Stones__ #Cerebral ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral ... hypoxia, Cerebral ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral ... , Brain Tumor, Cerebral ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis 
- Most comrnon CNS infection in patients with AIDS 
who are not receiving appropriate
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis ... leucovorin #Cerebral ... Toxoplasmosis #Diagnosis
TYPES OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND AREAS OF BRAIN DAMAGE INVOLVED 
Hemiplegia 
Diplegia 
Quadriplegia 
Athetoid
Dystonic 
Ataxic
TYPES OF CEREBRAL ... Extrapyramidal #Diagnosis