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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Clinical Features ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... cardiomyopathy, Horner
Orbicularis Reflex in an Alzheimer's Patient on Physical Exam

Alzheimer's is a degenerative, progressive and irreversible disease.
time, and can cause ... present in the video ... atrophy of the cortex ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... • Locked-in syndrome ... the bilateral cortex ... • Corneal reflex ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Strength, Normal Reflexes ... Other Congenital Syndromes ... • Central Core
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
from the cerebral cortex ... form part of the differential ... LMN syndromes are ... anywhere from the cortex ... positive Babinski reflex
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... #algorithm