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Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy on Physical Exam

Myotonic dystrophy is characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness. People
Myotonic Muscular ... Physical Exam Myotonic ... contractions (myotonia ... ) and are not able ... #Myotonic #Muscular
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Cord Lesions • Myotonia ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... #Constipation #Differential
The RIGID patient: tetanus mimics
 - Serotonin Syndrome
 - Neuroleptic Malignant Sx
 - Malignant Hyperthermia
 -
- Serotonin Syndrome ... - Drug-induced Dystonia ... mimics #comparison #table ... rigid #patient #differential
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... Muscular dystrophy, Myotonic ... Weakness #Causes #differential
Causes of Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures -  Epilepsy Syndromes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infantile:
 • Benign
- Differential ... • Dravet Syndrome ... Absence Epilepsy • Myoclonic ... Epilepsy • Juvenile Myoclonic ... Unprovoked #Seizures #Differential
Serotonin Syndrome Differential Diagnosis: Anticholinergic syndrome, Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, Malignant hyperthermia  #Diagnosis #Differential #Serotonin #Syndrome
Serotonin Syndrome ... Differential Diagnosis ... hyperthermia #Diagnosis #Differential ... MalignantHyperthermia #Comparison #Table ... #Differential #
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
Carpal timel syndrome ... Mild obesity, Myotonia
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... Horner’s syndrome ... Ophthalmoplegia migraine Myogenic ... Mitochondrial myopathy • Myotonic ... Ptosis #neurology #Differential
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic ... have a case of hypotonic ... Cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... #diagnosis #table
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Pediatric Seizures - Differential ... • Dravet Syndrome ... Absence Epilepsy • Myoclonic ... Epilepsy • Juvenile Myoclonic ... Seizures #Epilepsy #Differential