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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent Causes ... junction - Muscle ... Peripheral nerve - Muscle ... #Differential #Neurology ... #Causes #Diagnosis
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Cardiac #Heart #Tumors #Masses #Differential #Classification
#Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Heart #Tumors #Masses ... #Differential #Classification
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
one papillary muscle ... fused papillary muscles ... of a papillary muscle ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
The Aetiology of Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) in the Structurally Normal Heart and in Structural Heart Disease
#Tachycardia #Classification ... #Causes #Structural ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Schematic examples of the cause of acute mitral regurgitation. 
LV, left ventricle; PM, papillary mucle; SAM,
examples of the cause ... PM, papillary mucle ... Regurgitation #MR #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Acute ... #Differential #Cardiology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Kidney Injury - Classification ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Kidney #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Myopathy - Proximal muscle ... Weakness #Sensory #Neurology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
RBC casts in urine ... but in severe cases ... Nephrotic #Syndromes #Classification ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
summarizes the causes ... branching vessels #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... Muscle Weakness ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis ... #differential #causes ... #neurology