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Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
) a peripheral lesion ... of CN VII, the ... (2 ) a central lesion ... of CN VII, exemplified ... #CNVII #CN7 #Peripheral
Brief Overview of Treatment Agents for COVID-19 - Version 2.01 4/11/2020

#Drugs #Medications #Treatment #COVID19 #Pharmacology #Table
Brief Overview of Treatment ... for COVID-19 - Version ... #Medications #Treatment ... #COVID19 #Pharmacology
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Aspergillosis Treatment ... aspergillosis (IPA) • CNS ... Aspergillosis #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
Bethanechol • Used in treatment ... retention • Used In treatment ... as first-line treatments ... Echothiophate • Used in treatment ... Cholinergic #Agonists #Pharmacology
Orthostatic Hypotension Management Algorithm
 • Hypovolemic?  Yes → Resuscitate
 • Volume Overloaded? No → Fludrocortisone
Pyridostigmine Non-pharmacologic ... crossing with tension ... Management #Algorithm #treatment
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
ring-enhanced lesion ... ring-enhancement lesion ... or abruptly • CN ... dysfunction: II/VI/VII
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Fascicle (Other CN ... Ciliary Ganglion Lesion ... pilocarpine • Pharmacologic
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
cranial nerves VII ... CN VII (facial weakness ... “mee-mee-mee;” CN ... imaging after treatment
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
levels of factors VII ... Thromboembolism (7%) • CNS ... + Bleeding Treatment ... diagnosis #causes #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... compressive cord lesion ... less swollen - Lesion ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment