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Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... - Infectious workup ... oral secretions (e.g ... (vital signs, clinical ... subjective dyspnea, etc
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... life-threatening Differential ... Generalized fatigue - ALS ... Serologic and EMG ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Diagnosis: • Based on clinical ... serologic, and EMG ... characteristic EMG ... - Improves clinical ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... deficienies Labs: - Basic ... function test, ANA (e.g ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... However, it may
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential ... risk factors (eg ... hypertension (eg ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... hypertension (eg
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Postsynaptic: Myasthenia ... dystrophies Work ... electromyographic (EMG ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
review the chart at ... hyponatremia, AKI, etc ... if indicated, also ... • Most will also ... get an EKG and
Atrial fibrillation (AF or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by rapid and irregular beating.
Often it starts as ... Occasionally there may ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #EKG #AtrialFibrillation ... #ECGEducator
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
- "True" BCNIE may ... antimicrobials, clinical ... special stains (e.g ... specific pathogens also ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
underlying autoimmune basis ... skull neoplasms (e.g ... MRI lesions and clinical ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential