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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent Causes ... - Cerebral cortex ... junction - Muscle ... - Cerebral cortex ... Peripheral nerve - Muscle
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
from the cerebral cortex ... neurotransmitter cause ... & LMN lesions cause ... anywhere from the cortex ... This lesion causes
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Extraocular Muscles ... Cornea 5. ... Trauma Cornea ... Concussion Other Causes ... ophthalmology #causes
The worst case of crusted scabies I’ve even seen. Looking at the photo makes me itch
The worst case of ... Looking at the photo ... James Porter @drjamesporter ... Arms #Clinical #Photo
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Cramps: • Muscle ... pulse rate - Core ... with exercise - Core ... Criteria: - Core ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
Algorithm Painful - Cornea ... Demyelination • MS ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Fasciitis) - Muscle ... Delayed Onset Muscle ... Intraarticular #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
conjunctiva and cornea ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... function, diarrhea • Copper ... Myelopathy with muscle
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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for intracranial masses ... a mass as the cause ... Functional • Corneal ... Gravis Extraocular Muscle ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Pain/Proximal Muscle ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes