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Neurological Patterns of Weakness
 • Hemispheric lesion
 • Brainstem lesion
 • Spinal cord lesion
 • Polyneuropathy
Neurological Patterns of Weakness ... Polyneuropathy • Myopathy ... #Neurology #Patterns ... #Weakness #diagnosis
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Proximal Muscle Weakness ... Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy ... or peripheral neurologic ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... differential #causes #neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
of Peripheral Weakness ... • No Objective Weakness ... Oculomotor • Myopathy ... #Peripheral #Weakness ... #Sensory #Neurology
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Elevation (Pain > Weakness ... Critical Illness Myopathy ... infarction, Acute renal ... Chronic Causes (Weakness ... PROXIMAL MUSCLE WEAKNESS
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
80%) - Proximal Weakness ... 10%) - Proximal Weakness ... femoral heads • Myopathy ... Complications #pathophysiology
Renal Tubular Disorders

 • Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type 1)
 • Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type
Renal Tubular Disorders ... • Distal Renal ... ) • Proximal Renal ... Acidosis #Types #pathophysiology ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Renal osteodystrophy: Pathogenesis and radiological features.

#Renal #Osteodystrophy #Pathophysiology #Nephrology
Renal osteodystrophy ... #Renal #Osteodystrophy ... #Pathophysiology ... #Nephrology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
of Peripheral Weakness ... No Objective Weakness ... • Congenital Myopathy ... #Peripheral #Weakness ... #Neurology #Differential
Hormones acting on the kidney - Nephron map

#Hormones #Nephron #Sites #Action #Pathophysiology #Nephrology #Renal #Kidney
Sites #Action #Pathophysiology ... #Nephrology #Renal
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Generalized Weakness ... I am weak": • Myopathy ... #Generalized #Weakness ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology