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Parkinson's Disease - Signs and Symptoms
Systemic: Tremor and Slowness, Impaired balance, Small Handwriting, Sleepiness, Trouble Moving
blepharospasm) Mouth: Difficulty ... Excessive salivation, Difficulty ... voice Lungs: Upper airway ... Signs #Symptoms #neurology
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
collapsed distal airways ... alveoli as seen in pulmonary ... extra-thoracic airway ... Lung #Findings #Pulmonary ... #PhysicalExam #
Parkinsonian Gait 

Parkinson's gait is very characteristic: Standing, the patient tends to tilt the trunk forward,
During gait, it is difficult ... Parkinsons #Gait #Neurology ... #PhysicalExam #
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
standing can be difficult ... Rombergs #Test #neurology ... proprioception #physicalexam
Manifestations of Anaphylaxis by Body System

Dermatologic/mucosal

 - Eyes: periorbital swelling/erythema, injected conjunctiva, tears

 - Oral mucosa:
Respiratory - Lower airway ... arrest - Upper airway ... constriction; dry cough; difficulty ... abdominal cramps Neurologic
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
respiratory drive due to neurologic ... DIFFUSION DISORDER • Difficulty ... lung diseases, pulmonary ... asthma, COPD, pulmonary ... shunting (eg, pulmonary
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
diagnosis #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary ... High Altitude Pulmonary ... with exertion, difficulty ... radiography, pink frothy airway ... pressure due to airway
Ocular Myasthenia Gravis on Physical Exam

A 41yo female was referred by her neurologist for double vision.
patients about difficulty ... Myasthenia #Gravis #PhysicalExam ... ophthalmology #neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
This patient had difficulty ... Dysarthria means a difficulty ... Fasciculations #PhysicalExam ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology