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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Algorithm Forehead ... Most commonly stroke ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... (2% of facial nerve ... #neurology #sparing
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
and Management Algorithm ... asymmetry • Arm weakness ... #Management #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #differential ... #neurology #CVA
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Drift Testing for Stroke ... Subtle extensor weakness ... #physicalexam # ... diagnosis #neurology ... #cva
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
Lesions Facial weakness ... VII, the facial nerve ... pathways, as in a stroke ... #Bells #Palsy #Neurology ... #Diagnosis *
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Diagnosis Framework ... Impairment: • Acute stroke ... Lesions Of The Peripheral ... Envenomation (venom from ... #neurology
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
- Visceral - (From ... lancinating - Peripheral ... Limb • Post-stroke ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
, indicating a peripheral ... 12th nerve palsy ... nasopharyngeal CA ... Fasciculations #PhysicalExam ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
cross-reacts with peripheral ... nerve components ... or the axon of peripheral ... can vary from mild ... #management #neurology
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
the differential diagnosis ... muscle atrophy, weakness ... of the foot is stroked ... the spinal cord, peripheral ... nerve, neuromuscular
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... - Aortic - Peripheral ... • <6mo since stroke ... stratification #diagnosis