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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... spinal artery injury ... Syndromes #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... Phrenic nerve injury ... heavy metals), Critical ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Pathophysiology ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Clinical Features ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... the underlying pathophysiology ... specific therapy, the clinician ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
or acute kidney injury ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... Neurologic disorders ... , and Guillain-Barre
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Presentation: Injury ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Neurologic deficit ... Neurologic injuries ... CLINICAL: instability ... special ligament/meniscus ... #msk #clinical
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis (SRC) Clinical ... ) Acute kidney injury ... anemia (MAHA) Pathophysiology ... endothelial cell injury ... #rheumatology #nephrology