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Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Actively maintained fever ... • Serotonin syndrome ... Anticholinergic syndrome ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... function below injury level ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... reflex. saddle anesthesia ... signs #symptoms #msk
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... SBP <90, drop in ... Insufficiency, Liver ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... algorithm #treatment #management
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... saddle (perineal) anesthesia ... Neuropathy - Foot drop ... sensory #motor #leg #physicalexam
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... pain/swelling - Fever ... #Leg #pain #differential ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Sicca) Syndrome ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... #Differential #
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
symptoms at the level ... levels below the level ... Impotence - Saddle anesthesia ... loss - Saddle anesthesia ... #lesions #differential
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
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Diagnosis and Management ... - Activation: Liver ... Formation: Hungy Bone Syndrome ... - DiGeorge Syndrome ... endocrinology #differential
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
hand" ± Horner Syndrome ... Wrist drop - Occurs ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... regimental badge" anesthesia ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
Oxygenation - Differential ... Hypotension • Anesthesia ... Conditions: • Fever ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... Oxygenation #Hypoxia #Differential