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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... -> Anterior spinal ... injury, often from vascular ... signs #symptoms #msk
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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SBP <90, drop in ... Insufficiency, Liver ... Toxins/Medications, Spinal ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... , Vascular compression
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Neuropathy - Foot drop ... - Narrowing of spinal ... stopping walking (vascular ... sensory #motor #leg #physicalexam
Clinical Manifestations of Serotonin Syndrome
 • Ophthalmologic: Mydriasis, Ocular clonus (slow horizontal movements)
 • Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea,
Clinical Manifestations ... of Serotonin Syndrome ... • Ophthalmologic ... : Tachycardia, Fever ... Clonus (inducible), Muscular
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... heavy metals), Critical ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... Pain reported at level ... Vascular/Blockage ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... loss: Sensory level
Krukenberg's Spindle on Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Krukenberg's Spindle = spindle-shaped deposit of pigment on the posterior
pigment dispersion syndrome ... pigment dispersion syndrome ... #Ocular #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #ophthalmology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
Horner's Syndrome ... decompress the spinal ... #clinical #video ... #ophthalmology ... #physicalexam #neurology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Patellofemoral pain syndrome ... deficiency etc) • Spinal ... pain/swelling - Fever ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
Vascular Sludging ... : • Clinical triad ... Cryoglobulins: - Single ... rheumatoid factor level ... C4 complement level