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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Neuromuscular Weakness ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... Neuromuscular #Weakness ... #Differential #Neurology
Neurological Patterns of Weakness
 • Hemispheric lesion
 • Brainstem lesion
 • Spinal cord lesion
 • Polyneuropathy
Neurological Patterns of Weakness ... lesion • Spinal cord ... • Myopathy #Neurology ... #Patterns #Weakness ... #diagnosis #distribution
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
(c) Central cord ... syrinx: 'suspended ... with ipsilateral weakness ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Review in Clinical Neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... deficiency - Syrinx ... findings: - Weakness ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Brown-Sequard syndrome

It is a rare neurological condition characterized by a lesion in the spinal cord which
in the spinal cord ... which results in weakness ... #diagnosis #Neurology
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Ascites • COPD ... Diaphragmatic weakness ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #pulmonary
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Upper extremity weakness ... anesthesia. leg weakness ... Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #orthopedics #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... /paralysis - Weakness ... Back pain • Weakness ... spinalcord #disorders #diagnosis ... #neurology #differential
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Asthma • COPD ... Neuromuscular Weakness ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... • Spinal Cord: ... Neuromuscular #Weakness ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology