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Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... Provoked Seizures - Differential ... Movement disorders (Dystonia ... Seizures #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Muscular dystrophy, Myotonic ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Causes ... #differential #
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Causes of Tremors ... Movement Disorders - Differential ... Essential tremor • Dystonia ... MovementDisorders #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Tics:
 • Tourette's Syndrome
 • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Causes of Hyperkinetic ... Movement Disorders - Differential ... Compulsive Disorder Dystonia ... • Generalized dystonia ... Blepharospasm • Cervical Dystonia
Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Causes of Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)

#Pulseless #Electrical #Activity #PEA #Differential #Diagnosis
Diagnosis and Treatment ... of Common Causes ... Activity #PEA #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs Acute dystonia ... months or years of treatment ... choreoathetosis or dystonia ... months or years of treatment ... #pharmacology #management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
muscles: “myasthenic crises ... life-threatening Differential ... Kearns-Sayre syndrome - Myotonic ... Myasthenia Crises ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
degrees due to dystonia ... Caused commonly ... Treatment: anticholinergics
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes ... and Treatment ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Treatment ... #Management
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Infant (Floppy Newborn ... ) - Differential ... • Congenital Myotonic ... #Differential #