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Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... findings: • Symptoms ... twitching (fasciculations ... diagnosis #neurology #differential
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Brainstem - Spinal cord ... junction - Muscle ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... Peripheral nerve - Muscle ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Differential
Comparison of vaginal infections characterized by abnormal discharge

#diagnosis #management #table #signs #symptoms #comparison #differential
Comparison of vaginal ... #diagnosis #management ... #table #signs #symptoms ... #comparison #differential
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
to the spinal cord ... form part of the differential ... neurotransmitter cause fasciculations ... syndromes are clinically ... very different clinical
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
multiple spinal cord ... twitching (fasciculations ... Common Symptoms ... conditions listed in differential ... neurology #diagnosis #management
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
sclerosis • Clinical ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Upper motor neuron symptoms ... result in: - Muscle ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Syncope • Signs/Symptoms ... pulse rate - Core ... Criteria: - Core ... heat #illness #differential
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Toxicity - Summary Clinical ... Symptoms (SAMS) ... symptoms: weeks ... IU/I • SAMS clinical ... myopathy #diagnosis #management
Cor triatriatum
 • Epidemiology
 • Etiology
 • Associated Lesions
 • Differentials Diagnosis
 • Anatomy - Sinister,
Cor triatriatum ... Associated Lesions • Differentials ... Physiology • Clinical ... Post-Operative Management ... GinaMPatel #Cor
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
Asthma, Asthma-COPD ... Overlap and COPD ... of respiratory symptoms ... summary of the differential ... #Diagnosis #Management