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Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... Mononeuropathy - Other ... Objective Weakness • Motor ... Neuron and Motor ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hypermagnesemia
Increased magnesium load
 - Magnesium-containing laxatives, antacids, or enemas
 - Treatment of pre-edampsia/eclampsia (mothers
Causes of Hypermagnesemia ... pre-edampsia/eclampsia (mothers ... Hypermagnesemia #Causes
Thyroid Goiter on Physical Exam

Mother and daughter both presenting with thyroid goiters caused by iodine deficiency.
Physical Exam Mother ... thyroid goiters caused
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
and Myotomes Motor ... Erb's Palsy is caused ... palsy" is a common cause ... Dislocation - May cause ... neurology #sensory #motor
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Endocrine Disease Motor ... Neuron and Motor ... • Multifocal Motor ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Fluent - Agrammatic, hesitant, but substantive communication
Impaired Repetition
 •
Causes of Non-Fluent ... Transcortical Motor ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Primary Epileptic Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Focal - Non-Dyscognitive - Features of
 • Aura
Causes of Primary ... of • Aura • Motor ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
Upper Motor Neuron ... neurotransmitter cause ... & LMN lesions cause ... This lesion causes ... type of lesion causes
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia 
 • due to motor disorders affecting the pharyngeal muscles
 • Acute or gradual
Dysphagia • due to motor ... bulbar palsy, or other ... Esophageal cancer Motor ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fluent - Grammatically correct, but nonsensical, tangential. Phonemic & semantic
Causes of Aphasia ... Transcortical Motor ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes