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Causes of Bradykinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Parkinson's Disease (TRAP):
• Resting Tremor
• Cogwheel Rigidity
• Akinesia/Bradykinesia
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Causes of Bradykinetic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Axial rigidity > limb ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Causes of Excessive ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Syndrome • Periodic Limb ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... Becker - Limb-girdle ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Bone/Joint Causes ... Pain: • PAD • Limb ... Immobilization) • Acute limb ... #differential #diagnosis
Physiologic Skin Changes in Pregnancy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Face
 • Melasma
Abdomen
 • Linea Nigra 
Hormone induced
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hirsutism (face, limbs ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
Pathway - VTA -> limbic ... tongue, and/or limbs ... caused by chronic ... #pharmacology #diagnosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... weakness in the limbs ... involves: (1) limb-onset ... LMN signs in the limbs ... Escorial criteria uses
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
• Phantom Limb ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Medical Conditions Causing Mania or Mania-Like Episodes: Pathogenesis
 • Bipolar Disorder -> Combination of individual, genetic,
particularly frontal and limbic ... of frontal and limbic ... Manic #Secondary #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
project into the limbic ... is thought to cause ... is thought to cause ... pathophysiology #diagnosis