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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Cerebral cortex ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... - Peripheral nerve ... - Cerebral cortex ... #Differential #Neurology
Dropped Foot Gait - Paralysis of Dorsal Flexion of the Foot.
When trying to walk the tip
common fibular nerve ... common peroneal nerve ... the thigh on the hip ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... Superior gluteal nerve ... #pathophysiology ... symptoms #signs #diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Weakness • Spinal Cord ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... • Motor Nerves ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Unilateral Facial Nerve ... - Atypical Clinical ... presentation • Lyme Serology ... Eyecare (prevent corneal ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
You’ll notice there is an IgM and an IgG core antibody. The presence of IgM anti-HBc
IgM and an IgG core ... total hepatitis B core ... total hepatitis B core ... Total hepatitis B core ... Antibody #Levels #Serology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... of injury • Gait ... , HIV, CMV, HTLV ... #neurology #differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... syphilis, and HIV ... - Vitamin B12, Copper ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
- Differential Diagnosis ... of the spinal cord ... parainfluenza, Coxsackie, HIV ... aminotransferases • Serology ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... brain and/or optic nerve ... simplex virus, HIV ... #management #neurology