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Causes of Back Pain #Diagnosis #EM #PrimaryCare #Differential #Back #Pain #BackPain #Spinal #Referred #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Back Pain ... #Differential #Back ... Pain #BackPain #Spinal ... #Referred #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease Motor Neuron ... Neuropathy • Spinal ... #Causes
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... - Lower motor neuron ... - Upper motor neuron
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Motor Neuron ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
/paralysis - Weakness ... Cord Causes: 1 ... Symptoms: • Back ... pain • Weakness ... differential #algorithm
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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• Severe low back ... - Emergency Causes ... Palpation - lower back ... lower extremity weakness ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
symptoms (HA, nausea ... Diagnosis #EM #IM #Nephro ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Causes of Hemiplegia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... findings Unilateral Spinal ... ipsilateral to weakness ... #Causes
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Syndromes - Spinal ... Cord • Spinal ... #Causes #Peds #
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
neurotransmitter cause ... muscle atrophy, weakness ... & LMN lesions cause ... This lesion causes ... type of lesion causes