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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Forehead Sparing = Central ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... AnnKumfer #Facial #Weakness
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
 •
Causes of Peripheral ... Weakness with Sensory ... Radiculopathy: • Disc ... #Weakness #Sensory ... #Causes
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
Dizziness - Central ... and Peripheral ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Peripheral #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Central Nervous ... Weakness - Nerves ... #Causes #Peds #
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
diagnostic evaluation ... more likely to be peripheral ... or central in etiology ... or central TiTrATE ... The approach uses
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Atelectasis Central ... Hypothyroidism Peripheral ... Neuromascular Weakness
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... dysfunction Central ... unilateral) #SpinalCord
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... and periphery, ... be 1° or 2°) - Multisystem ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
/paralysis - Weakness ... • Herniated disc ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... #spinal #cord #spinalcord ... differential #algorithm
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
malignant, pediatric cases ... dyspnea, generalized weakness ... pheochromocytoma multisystem ... and control of ... vasodilatory effect of peripheral