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Causes of Back Pain #Diagnosis #EM #PrimaryCare #Differential #Back #Pain #BackPain #Spinal #Referred #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Back Pain ... #Diagnosis #EM ... Differential #Back #Pain ... #BackPain #Spinal ... #Referred #Algorithm
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Upper Extremity Dysfunction ... Syndrome -> Trauma, disc ... deficiencies -> Sphincter dysfunction ... weakness and #Acute
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... weakness - Bladder dysfunction ... - Sphincter dysfunction
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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• MCC- acute ... Severe low back pain ... bowel and sexual dysfunction ... - Emergency Causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... be 1° or 2°) - Multisystem ... , Beomycin • Acute ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
continence • Pain ... • Herniated disc ... Cord Causes: 1 ... Bowel and bladder dysfunction ... differential #algorithm
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... lumbar degenerative disc ... Neoplasm in lumbar spine ... etc) in lumbar spine ... bladder/bowel dysfunction
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Eustachian tube dysfunction ... roots—cervical spine ... adenopathy • Cervical spine ... torticollis, cervical disc ... nasal, cervical spine
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... of acute flaccid ... Transverse myelitis: Pain ... hyperreflexia, spinal ...  Spinal Cord
Male Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erectile Dysfunction
 - Psychological
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stroke • Spinal ... • Chronic Pain ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... endocrinology #causes