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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
clinical findings ... Anterior Cord Syndrome ... injury, often from vascular ... symptoms #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Peripheral and Central ... Uncommon): - Vascular ... hemorrhage - Non-vascular ... Central #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Initial Clinical and Laboratory Data Base for Defining Major Syndromes in Nephrology

#Major #Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Workup
Initial Clinical ... and Laboratory ... Defining Major Syndromes ... #Major #Syndromes ... #Workup #Differential
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Sensory Changes - Differential ... Motor Neuron and ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology ... #Differential #
Diagnosis of Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis

1) Presence of cryoglobulin 
Circulating immunoglobulins that precipitate with cold temperature and dissolve
not related to clinical ... CRYOGLOBULINEMIA (type l) : Vascular ... Hyperviscosity syndrome ... Ill) • Vascular ... Vasculitis #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Guillain-Barre syndrome ... heavy metals), Critical ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
predispose to other orthopedic ... Avascular necrosis ... XR, MRI to dx and ... • Differentiate ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
Behcet's Syndrome ... test Most Common Clinical ... medium-large joints) • Vascular ... peripheral vascular ... Diagnosis #criteria #rheumatology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Differential Diagnosis ... blood count with differential ... investigations depending on clinical ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... • Cardio-renal syndrome
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
et diutinum Neurologic ... Hypergammaglobulinemic macular ... (Thrombosis in vascular ... Paraproteinemias #Hematology ... #Monoclonal #Differential