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Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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constipation Differential ... Diagnosis: • ... - decreased rectal ... #syndrome #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Stool Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Affected Pelvic Floor 
 - Trauma/Surgery
   • Surgery: Anorectal,
Incontinence - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Delivery • Rectal ... Spinal Cord, Cauda Equina ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
VON-CHOP Mnemonic for Orthopedic Emergencies
V - Vascular compromise (eg ischemic leg)
O - Open fracture
N - Neurological
VON-CHOP Mnemonic for Orthopedic ... deficit (eg cauda equina ... VONCHOP #mnemonic #Orthopedics ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... #consult #differential
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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biphasic illness with bulbar ... Enterovirus 71, Bulbar ... Rabies - Eastern Equine ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
infection that cross-reacts ... muscles DIAGNOSIS ... : • Lumber Puncture ... roots and cauda equina ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
Ely's Test for Rectus ... test indicates rectus ... irritation or lumbar ... Femoris #clinical #video ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
Ely's Test for Rectus ... test indicates rectus ... irritation or lumbar ... Femoris #clinical #video ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
involvement Cauda Equina ... herniation - Lumbar ... - Bladder and rectal ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... roots -> Cauda equina ... extremity and/or bulbar ... #neurology #differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... aspergillosis, Rhodococcus equi ... Rhodococcus Equi ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential