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How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
up an ischemic CVA ... review • Physical exam ... Evaluate ischemic CVA ... stroke #workup #diagnosis ... #checklist #neurology
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
patient with normal exam ... #physicalexam #diagnosis ... #neurology #cva
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Differential Diagnosis ... Status, Volume Exam ... , edema), Lung Exam ... ABG, STAT CXR, CTA ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Vital signs, neuro exam ... Electrolytes including Ca ... abnormality on exam ... #Workup #MICU #CriticalCare ... #Diagnosis
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
Syndrome on Physical Exam ... month following neck ... consistent with a diagnosis ... lesions within the neck ... #physicalexam #neurology
Diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis - Physical Exam Maneuvers
 • Sustained lateral gaze for seconds to elicit
Diagnosis of Myasthenia ... Gravis - Physical Exam ... Assessing for neck ... PhysicalExam #Maneuvers #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... include a: • Neurologic ... hearing loss Exam ... • Head and neck ... trauma ○ MS, CVA
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
- Differential Diagnosis ... of breath • Neurologic ... Superior Vena Cava ... paradoxus • Beck ... #differential #diagnosis
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... /squamous cell CA ... reflux • Head and neck ... loss Physical Exam ... TMJ • Head, neck
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
Remainder of neuro exam ... nasopharyngeal CA ... posterior head/neck ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology