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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Dysphagia:Oropharyngeal:
- Characterized by difficulty initiating swallowing and accompanied by choking/coughing, nasopharyngeal
Algorithm for the ... anatomy: Tongue, muscles ... nasopharynx), suprahyoid muscles ... cricopharyngeus muscle ... Skeletal and smooth muscle
Extraocular Muscle Actions & Clinical Testing
What about clinical testing of extraocular muscle function & associated nerve
Extraocular Muscle ... of extraocular muscle ... inferior obliques muscles ... inferior rectus muscles ... #Extraocular #Muscle
Papillary Muscle Rupture on POCUS

See the "cracking whip"?  This is what papillary muscle rupture looks
Papillary Muscle ... Rupture on POCUS ... what papillary muscle ... #Papillary #Muscle ... #Clinical #PLAX
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
• Progressive muscle ... spasm - axial muscles ... • Excessive muscle ... - sustained muscle ... and antagonist muscles
Gowers' Sign and Calf Muscle Pseudohypertrophy on Physical Exam

Fibrofatty tissue deposition in muscle dystrophy

#Gowers #Calf #Muscle
Sign and Calf Muscle ... deposition in muscle ... #Gowers #Calf #Muscle ... Pseudohypertrophy #clinical
Gowers' Sign and Calf Muscle Pseudohypertrophy on Physical Exam

Fibrofatty tissue deposition in muscle dystrophy 

#Gowers #Calf
Sign and Calf Muscle ... deposition in muscle ... #Gowers #Calf #Muscle ... Pseudohypertrophy #clinical
Parasternal Short-Axis (PSSA) view with right ventricle (RV), circular left ventricle (LV), and papillary muscles #Clinical
and papillary muscles ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... #POCUS #PSAX #ALiEM
Muscle Fasciculations on Physical Exam

81 year old patient. History of swallowing disorders, weight loss and muscle
Muscle Fasciculations ... weight loss and muscle ... of the eyelid muscles ... with atrophy or muscle ... #Muscle #Fasciculations
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Oropharyngeal Dysphagia 
Esophageal Dysphagia 
 • Upper 2/3 (striated muscle): stroke, NMJ
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... 2/3 (striated muscle ... Lower 2/3 (smooth muscle ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
TISSUE APPEARANCES ON 
MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND 

Bone:
 
Bone is represented as a very bright structure and appears
Muscle: Muscle ... normal skeletal muscles ... background reflecting muscle ... MUSCULOSKELETAL #MSK #POCUS ... #Atlas #Clinical