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Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Kernig's sign is present if the patient, in the supine position with the
Kernig's Sign in ... #Meningitis #Clinical ... #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... result in permanent neurologic ... - Abscess - Tumor ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Clinical features of shock from dehydration in an infant

Decreased level of consciousness 
Sunken fontanelle 
Dry mucous
Clinical features ... Extremities #PhysicalExam ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Dehydration #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Weakness • Spinal Cord ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... heavy metals), Critical ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
clinical findings ... Signs/Symptoms ... , sleep apnea, cor ... pathophysiology #peds ... #pediatrics
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
flexion of the knees and ... causes spinal cord ... #Meningitis #Clinical ... #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... signs below the ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... system: Brain tumor ... of the spinal cord ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... Signs and symptoms ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... Progressive MS (Spinal cord
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... matter, spinal cord ... (Clinical Dx). ... Behcet disease) Differential ... diagnosis #management #signs