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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Causes of Neuromuscular ... Cerebral cortex ... - Cerebral cortex ... #Differential #Neurology ... #Causes #Diagnosis
HINTS Exam - Unidirectional Nystagmus - Left-beating

In a patient with vertigo symptoms, this finding is reassuring
Nystagmus - Left-beating ... cause of vertigo ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... Video #Negative #Neurology ... #Peripheral #Vertigo
Wing-Beating Tremor of Wilson's Disease

Characterized by low frequency, high amplitude, near arm tremor caused by continuous
Wing-Beating Tremor ... near arm tremor caused ... Wilsons #Disease #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #copper #physicalexam
Wing-Beating Tremor of Wilson's Disease

Characterized by low frequency, high amplitude, near arm tremor caused by continuous
Wing-Beating Tremor ... near arm tremor caused ... Wilsons #Disease #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #copper #physicalexam
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
cause of AVS and ... with a central cause ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #AVS ... #HeadImpulse #Testing
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Dizziness and Vertigo Peripheral ... with vascular causes ... positional episodes caused ... #neurology
Wing-Beating Tremor on Physical Exam

Seen in Wilson's disease, caused by copper toxicity (low ceruloplasmin)

#Wing #Beating #Tremor
Wing-Beating Tremor ... Wilson's disease, caused ... ceruloplasmin) #Wing #Beating ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #neurology
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Characteristics of Peripheral ... upbeat (fast phase beating ... with vascular causes ... Central #Vertigo #diagnosis ... symptoms #comparison #neurology
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
the most common cause ... Pathophysiology: ... non-dominant visual cortex ... #neurology #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Erb's Palsy is caused ... Damage to C8 and T1 leading ... "claw hand" ± Horner ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory