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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Neuromuscular Weakness ... - Peripheral ... - Peripheral ... #Differential # ... Neurology #Causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... AnnKumfer #Facial #Weakness ... #Differential # ... #neurology #sparing
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... Sensory Changes - Differential ... elevated CK #Peripheral ... #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
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Causes of Peripheral ... Weakness with Sensory ... Changes - Differential ... #Weakness #Sensory ... #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Sensory Changes - Differential ... infection #Peripheral ... #Weakness #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Disease (Asthma, COPD ... Hypothyroidism Peripheral ... Neuromascular Weakness
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness • Spinal ... Cord: Demyelinating ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Causes of Hemiplegia ... - Differential ... Unilateral Spinal Cord ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... Muscle Weakness ... • Central or peripheral ... mimics #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #neurology