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Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Seen in this patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam #neurology
(DMD) #Gowers ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #clinical #video ... #pediatrics #muscular ... #dystrophy #DMD
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Indicative of proximal muscle weakness in muscular dystrophy.

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam #neurology #clinical
weakness in muscular dystrophy ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #clinical #video ... #pediatrics #muscular ... #dystrophy #DMD
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Diseases: Korsakoff ... Blindness, Psychiatric Disorders ... Fernanda Teixeira, MD ... Confabulation #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... Cogan syndrome • Acute ... optica spectrum disorder ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... LC deposition disease ... • Heavy chain DD ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... Classification #Nephrology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... disease affecting ... orbital rooftop fracture ... Syndrome #Ptosis #neurology ... #Differential #
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... restrictive lung disease ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Non-neuromuscular disorder ... Impairment: • Acute ... • Inflammatory disorders ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
after starvation, Acute ... Tubulointerstitial renal disease ... ) • Endocrine disorders ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential ... compression by fractured ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... #diagnosis #neurology