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Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
bowel or bladder dysfunction ... , saddle paresthesia ... pain, high energy trauma ... of neoplasm • Fracture ... #Algorithm #Causes
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Primarily Upper Extremity ... Dysfunction (pain ... Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma ... reflex. saddle anesthesia ... Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
- Differential Diagnosis ... Uteroplacental Dysfunction ... • Seizure • Trauma ... Hypotension • Anesthesia ... #Algorithm #Causes
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm - ... Claudication) - Cold ... Disruption • Trauma ... #Causes
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm True ... Temporal Bone Fracture ... • Ethanol - Trauma ... #Algorithm #Causes
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
other forms of trauma ... Vertebral burst fracture ... herniation - Trauma ... - Sphincter dysfunction ... #differential #diagnosis
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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bowel and sexual dysfunction ... • S - Saddle anesthesia ... - Emergency Causes ... neoplasms • trauma ... : • Spinal cord
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
saddle (perineal) anesthesia ... genitourinary dysfunction ... Commonly caused ... such as fibular fracture ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis
Male Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erectile Dysfunction
 - Psychological
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Erectile ... Sensate • Focus ... • Spinal Cord ... #causes
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... compression by fractured ... Causes: 1. ... Bowel and bladder dysfunction ... differential #algorithm