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Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale
+4 - Combative, Violent, Immediate Danger to Staff
+3 - Very Agitated - Pulls
non-PurposefuI Movement ... Apprehensive but Movements ... Moderate Sedation Movements ... Voice, BUT has Movement ... Sedation #Scale #diagnosis
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... Test downward eye movement ... Rapid downward movement ... Slow downward movement ... neurology #comatose #diagnosis
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Localizing Extraocular Movement ... #Extraocular #Movement ... #differential #diagnosis
Osteoarthritis (OA): Clinical findings
 • Stimulation of joint nociceptors in subchondral bone -> Pain with loading
processes with movement ... structures during movement ... , Joint movement ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo and Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • True Vertigo - Illusion
- Differential Diagnosis ... Illusion of Rotary Movement ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Serotonin Syndrome - THINK: FAST
 - FAST onset
 - FAST movements (agitation, akathisia, HYPERreflexia)
 - FAST
onset - FAST movements ... onset - SLOW movements ... NeurolepticMalignant #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Causes of Tremors - Movement ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Voluntary Muscle Movement ... #Differential #Diagnosis
When trying to differentiate between the two conditions think “FAST” with Serotonin Syndrome and “SLOW” with
onset - FAST movements ... onset - SLOW movements ... resolution #Diagnosis
Falls: Pathogenesis and Complications
Poly-pharmacy
Disorders affecting movement and balance
 - Sensory deficits
 - Neuromuscular degeneration/Cerebrovascular disease
 -
Disorders affecting movement ... complications #diagnosis
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Impaired extra-ocular movements ... Pain with eye movement ... ophthalmology #diagnosis