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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
spinal artery injury ... function below injury ... Mixed upper and lower ... Syndromes #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #orthopedics #neurology
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Seen in this patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam #neurology
Gowers' Sign on ... dystrophy (DMD) #Gowers ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... clinical #video #pediatrics
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Kernig's sign is present if the patient, in the supine position with the
with the hip and knee ... cannot extend the knee ... extension of the knee ... #PhysicalExam #Pediatrics ... #Peds #neurology
Unilateral / Asymmetric Lower Extremity Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Acute:
 • DVT *Can't Miss Diagnosis
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Extremity Swelling - Differential ... Diagnosis • Muscle Injury ... Cyst, Cellulitis, Knee ... #Unilateral #Lower ... Extremity #Swelling #Differential
Spinal Cord Injury by Nerve Root Levels
Spinal Root	Sensory	Motor	Reflex
C4	Acromioclavicular Joint	Respiration	None
C5	Radial Antecubital Fossa	Elbow Flexion	Biceps Reflex
C6	Dorsal Thumb	Wrist Extension	Brachioradialis Reflex
C7	Dorsal
Spinal Cord Injury ... Femoral Condyle Knee ... #SpinalCord #Injury ... NerveRoots #Levels #differential ... #diagnosis #Neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - Differential ... CNS abscess • Neurologic ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... #Mimics #CVA #Differential ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
Lower Extremity Nerve Pathologies 

 • Obturator
 • Femoral
 • Common Peroneal
 • Tibial
 • Superior
Lower Extremity ... sarahthelyon #Lower ... #Pathologies #differential ... #innervation #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Algorithm and Differential ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis serology ... , HIV serology, ... Acute #Kidney #Injury
Nuchal Rigidity in Infantile Bacterial Meningitis

Flexion of the neck revealed nuchal rigidity. The patient was unable
was unable to lower ... From - Journal of Pediatrics ... #Video #Peds #Pediatrics ... #neurology
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
below level of injury ... • Hyperflexion injury ... affected more than lower ... Hyperextension injury ... Syndromes #Diagnosis #Neurology