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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Neuromuscular Weakness ... - Peripheral ... - Peripheral ... #Differential # ... Neurology #Causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... Forehead Sparing = Central ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... #Differential # ... #neurology #sparing
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Floppy Newborn) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Central ... Weakness - Nerves ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Incomplete spinal cord ... lesion of cervical cord ... • Central - Large ... positive Romberg sign ... syndromes #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... Disease (Asthma, COPD ... • Atelectasis Central ... Hypothyroidism Peripheral ... Neuromascular Weakness
Differentiating Features Between Central and Peripheral Cyanosis

Mechanism - Arterial destauration
Sites - Skin, mucous membrane of oral
Features Between Central ... therapy - Pulmonary cause ... Temperature - Cold ... #Cyanosis #Central ... #Signs #Symptoms
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Muscle Weakness ... Inflammatory Myopathy • Central ... or peripheral neurologic ... mimics #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #neurology
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Vertigo - Differential ... Rotary Movement Peripheral ... Bone Fracture Central ... neurologic symptoms/signs ... #Differential #
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Incontinence - Differential ... Contraction - Signs ... neuropathy or spinal cord ... #Incontinence #Differential ... DIAPPERS #Mnemonic #Geriatrics
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
mimics complete • Central ... Upper extremity weakness ... anesthesia. leg weakness ... pathophysiology #signs ... #orthopedics #neurology