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Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... Neuromuscular junction ... poisoning, Scorpion sting ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... Functional status ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... - Aortic - Peripheral ... surgery Stress Testing
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
l MD SOAP) - Risks ... plateletcount), peripheral ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... country), thyroid function ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
disrupt cellular function ... bulbar region, Weakness ... Dysphagia- increased risk ... - Further testing ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
the integrated function ... Examples: - Peripheral ... neuron disease (ALS ... • Clues: Focal weakness ... fear of falling, functional