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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
The term "Muscular dystrophy" refers to a group of inherited progressive muscle disorders.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ... (DMD) The term ... "Muscular dystrophy ... Dystrophin is a ... MuscularDystrophy #DMD
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Seen in this patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam #neurology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy ... (DMD) #Gowers ... pediatrics #muscular #dystrophy ... #DMD #Duchenne
#Cobb #Cob #angle 
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public
#Cobb #Cob #angle ... like #muscular #dystrophy
Gowers' Sign and Calf Muscle Pseudohypertrophy on Physical Exam

Fibrofatty tissue deposition in muscle dystrophy

#Gowers #Calf #Muscle
deposition in muscle dystrophy ... PhysicalExam #pediatrics #dystrophy
Gowers' Sign and Calf Muscle Pseudohypertrophy on Physical Exam

Fibrofatty tissue deposition in muscle dystrophy 

#Gowers #Calf
deposition in muscle dystrophy ... PhysicalExam #pediatrics #dystrophy
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Symptoms are non-specific:
 - Headache 90%
 - Nausea/vomiting 50%
 - Vertigo 50%
 - Altered
Confirm by measuring COHb ... the half-life of COHb
Bilateral Winged Scapula on Physical Exam - Seen in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSH, FSHD)

#Bilateral #Winged #Scapula
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy ... Facioscapulohumeral #Muscular #Dystrophy
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
myopathy, Muscular dystrophy ... , Myotonic dystrophy
Comparison of Common Muscular Dystrophies and Anesthesia Implications:
Muscular Dystrophy, Myotonic Dystrophy, Guillain Barre 

 - Mark
Implications: Muscular Dystrophy ... , Myotonic Dystrophy ... - Mark Harris, MD ... #Dystrophies #Dystrophy
Scoliosis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings (Cobb Angle > 10 Degrees)

 • Incr Axial rotation of thoracic
clinical findings (Cobb ... thoracic vertebra (Cobb