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Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
ophthalmoplegia), systemic signs ... Other: viral, Lyme ... Ramsay-Hunt), HIV, Lyme ... presentation • Lyme ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Lyme Disease: Early ... • Heralded by neurologic ... lymphocytic meningitis, CN ... Remitting, chronic • Neurologic ... Disease #diagnosis #signs
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
cancer, HIV, or lyme ... • Meningeal signs ... Systemic symptoms and signs ... brain lesion • CNS ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
pulmonary etc) • CNS ... -> PNS -> NMJ - ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs ... - Pyomyositis, Lyme ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... APS), Secondary prevention ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS ... #neurology #rheumatology
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
Facial nerve (7th CN ... Borrelia Burgdorferi (Lymes ... #Bells #Palsy #neurology
Indications for Head CT before LP
 - Signs of Increased ICP (i.e. papilledema) 
 - History
CT before LP - Signs ... - History of CNS ... Immunosuppression - Focal Neurologic
Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Lyme Disease - Borreliosis
Erythema migrans
 - 3-32 days (median: 7-10 days)
and Diagnosis of Lyme ... laboratory findings, Lyme ... serology negative ... IgG antibodies Lyme ... Borreliosis #Diagnosis #Signs
Acute ED Migraine Therapy and Preventative Therapy Algorithm:
Acute migraine
 • IV NS IL bolus then infusion
migraine • IV NS ... 20 mg/min -> Neurology ... algorithm #treatment #prevention ... #prophylaxis #neurology
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
secretion • Incr Na retention ... - anemia - CNS ... pathophysiology #symptoms #signs