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Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
crises”. ... life-threatening Differential ... variants of GBS ... Serologic and EMG ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness • Spinal ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... , Myasthenia Gravis ... #Causes #differential
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Guillain–Barré syndrome ... (GBS) (aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl ... common cause of ... :  Myasthenia ... compylobacterjejuni #GBS
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Blood Gas Interpretation ... Steps for Blood Gas ... And BMP Normal Values ... (GBS, Myasthenia ... #Gas #VBG #differential
Algorithm showing a stepwise approach to the assessment and investigation of a possible neuropathy. CIDP, chronic
electromyography; GBS ... , Guillain-Barré ... syndrome; HNPP, ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Algorithm #Evaluation #Differential
Multiple Cranial Neuropathies - High Yield Differential Diagnosis
 • Intrinsic brainstem process
 • Compressive brainstem process
Miller Fisher Syndrome ... variant-GBS • ... important for facial weakness ... : • Myasthenia ... #Diagnosis #causes
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... (GBS) Acute autoimmune ... axonal forms of GBS ... for diagnosis of GBS ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #GBS
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Hypochloremia - Differential ... SIGNS: • Muscle weakness ... decarboxylation/gas ... muscle cells • Gas ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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symptoms similar to myasthenia ... Miller-Fisher GBS ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Neurology
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
proximal myalgia and weakness ... hypothyroid-induced myopathy, Guillain-Barré ... syndrome (GBS), ... Lambert-Eaton myasthenic ... (SAMS-CI) • EMG