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Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
Stroke Evaluation ... Management Algorithm Clinical ... suspicion of stroke ... speech • Time is brain ... #differential #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... : • Vascular: Stroke ... Tumor, Traumatic brain ... Encephalitis, Brain ... #neurology
Ataxic gait (Spino-cerebellar ataxia)

#Ataxic #gait disorders occur due to dysfunction of the #cerebellum, the part of
the part of the brain ... Typical causes of ... ataxia include strokes ... #clinical #video ... #neurology #Spinocerebellar
Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
neurological deficit → No clinical ... worsening or clinical ... transformation by brain ... transformation by brain ... #CVA #neurology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
(Many causes!) ... * (most common cause ... encephalitis) • Brain ... lesions (e.g. stroke ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology
Right Oculomotor (CNIII) Palsy caused by Stroke

Dr. Bruno Farnetano @bruno.farnetano

#Oculomotor #CNIII #Palsy #clinical #video #CN3 #clinical
(CNIII) Palsy caused ... by Stroke Dr ... #CNIII #Palsy #clinical ... #video #CN3 #clinical ... #video #neurology
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
Indications for tPA in Stroke:
 • Clinical diagnosis of ischemic stroke
 • Measurable neurologic deficit
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: • Clinical diagnosis ... of ischemic stroke ... • Measurable neurologic ... present, in which case ... cva #management #neurology
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
able to copy Causes ... : Stroke (main cause ... ), Traumatic Brain ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
episodes usually cause ... Sclerosis (ALS) (*main cause ... Disease, Bilateral Strokes ... , Traumatic Brain ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology