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Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Differential Diagnosis ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... injured muscles - HYPOTENSION ... Diagnosis #Management ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... - Spinal MRI may ... #Guillain #Barre ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Hyperthyroidism, Hypercalcemia ... dysautonomia, and Guillain-Barre
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Clinical Features ... axonal form • MRI ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Blood transfusion, Hypercalcemia ... Reversible course Differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... lesions and clinical ... #neurology #noninflammatory ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... PCB variants of GBS ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... and EMG Findings ... #management #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... resonance imaging [MRI ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... #management #neurology
Neurosarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Treatment
 • 5 to 40% of sarcoidosis, Heterogeneous, often inaugural
 • Central
, Intracranial hypertension ... neurosarcoidosis: Clinical ... CSF, Histology, MRI ... #Treatment #management ... #neurology #rheumatology