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Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Sensory Changes - Differential ... Endocrine Disease Motor ... Neuron and Motor ... • Multifocal Motor ... Weakness #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Sensory Changes - Differential ... Objective Weakness • Motor ... Neuron and Motor ... Sensory #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Primary Epileptic Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Focal - Non-Dyscognitive - Features of
 • Aura
Epileptic Seizures - Differential ... of • Aura • Motor ... Seizures #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Fluent - Agrammatic, hesitant, but substantive communication
Impaired Repetition
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Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential ... Transcortical Motor ... Aphasia #Neurology #Differential
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia 
 • due to motor disorders affecting the pharyngeal muscles
 • Acute or gradual
Dysphagia • due to motor ... Esophageal cancer Motor ... #dysphagia #differential
Causes of Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fluent - Grammatically correct, but nonsensical, tangential. Phonemic & semantic
Causes of Aphasia - Differential ... Transcortical Motor ... Aphasia #Neurology #Differential
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Oropharyngeal - Can't initiate swallow, Cough/nasal regurg when attempting to swallow
Esophageal
Dysphagia - Differential ... Solids and Liquids (motor ... SCVMCMed #Dysphagia #Differential
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
Upper Motor Neuron ... before the alpha motor ... Lower motor neuron ... form part of the differential ... The motor neuron
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Vertigo:
 • Peripheral: Labyrinthitis, BPPV, Meniere's disease, Alternobaric
 • Central: CVA/TIA -
Dizziness - Differential ... balance, Sensory and motor ... jmcchiefs #Dizziness #Differential
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
of Dysarthria - Differential ... Algorithm Lower Motor ... Fasciculations • Motor ... Dystrophy Upper Motor ... Dysarthria #Neurology #Differential