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Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings Risk ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Orbicularis Reflex in an Alzheimer's Patient on Physical Exam

Alzheimer's is a degenerative, progressive and irreversible disease.
treated to relieve symptoms ... time, and can cause ... loss present in dementia ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #differential #diagnosis
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Frailty Score ... from whatever cause ... and not at high risk ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale #Score #
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
• URI sx (HA, sore ... 30%; can be only symptom ... Cardiac: multiple case ... 7-28% -> Incr risk ... Evaluation #Guide #Diagnosis
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
impairment • HIV dementia ... • Depressive symptoms ... Diagnosis: MRI ... : The clinical ... #AIDS #Neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Upper motor neuron symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Neurological symptoms ... Risk factors 3. ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Phosphatase Of Clinical ... Most cases diagnosed ... prematurely • risk ... mineralization Symptoms ... respiratory failure • Neurologic
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Framework Symptom ... • Muscular or neurologic ... Other - ALS, Dementia ... malignancy Risk ... the underlying cause