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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... injury, Early ALS ... Eclampsia, Late ALS ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
flexion of the knees ... Passive neck flexion causes ... flexion occurs as ... an involuntary reflex ... PhysicalExam #Pediatrics #Peds
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Causes of Apparent ... Event (ALTE) - Differential ... Disturbances Neurologic ... Gastroesophageal Reflux ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Preterm Infant Complications - Differential Diagnosis
Respiratory:
 • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
 • Respiratory Distress
Complications - Differential ... Enterocolitis (NEC) Neurologic ... Impairments (NDI) Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Pyloric Stenosis - Overview - Lightning Learning

Thickened pyloric muscle obstructing the passage of milk going into
often be mistaken as ... reflux initially ... Cause is unknown ... Stenosis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... Shellfish poisoning, Meds ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... horizontal movements; also ... stimulation to all ... Casey Albin MD @ ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
frequently benign causes ... such as reflex ... syncope (ruling out differential ... life-threatening causes ... further guide management
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
and Myotomes Reflexes ... : • Knee - L2 ... Commonly caused ... fibular neck such as ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... • Neurologic ... suggest a mass as ... the cause ... #Ophthalmology