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Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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Equina Syndrome Overview ... • Severe low back ... bowel and sexual dysfunction ... - Emergency Causes ... Palpation - lower back
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis Overview ... bowel or bladder dysfunction ... with or without back ... Pleocytosis > 100 cells ... • Infectious causes
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Herniated disc ... Cord Causes: 1 ... Symptoms: • Back ... Bowel and bladder dysfunction ... differential #algorithm
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
rapidly progresses: cell ... death -> end-organ dysfunction ... dependent areas, back ... failure, neurogenic/spinal ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
rapidly progresses: cell ... death -> end-organ dysfunction ... dependent areas, back ... failure, neurogenic/spinal ... #differential #causes
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Eustachian tube dysfunction ... Basal/squamous cell ... roots—cervical spine ... torticollis, cervical disc ... Loss of vision or black