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Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... Infarction - Infection ... dysfunction Central ... unilateral) #SpinalCord ... #diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... Spinal cord ... Cord Causes: 1 ... #cord #spinalcord ... #neurology #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology ... #differential
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... or the axon of peripheral ... than one after symptom ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #management #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... • Treatment of ... #management #neurology
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious ... failure, neurogenic/spinal ... #diagnosis #management ... #causes #classification
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious ... failure, neurogenic/spinal ... #diagnosis #management ... #causes #classification
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
cord regions of ... - Causes progressive ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
fatigue, altered mental ... Orthopnea/PND and Peripheral ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management