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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent Causes ... - Peripheral nerve ... - Peripheral nerve ... Differential #Neurology #Causes ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Sparing = Central cause ... (2% of facial nerve ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Tumor • Motor Nerves ... multiplex, Phrenic nerve ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis
Bell's palsy
There are many different causes of Facial Nerve Palsy. However, the commonest
cause of unilateral facial
many different causes ... of Facial Nerve ... the commonest cause ... Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Peripheral and Central Causes ... Vertigo Peripheral Causes ... - Vestibular Nerve ... Vestibulocochlear Nerve ... #differential #diagnosis
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
- Differential Diagnosis ... Abnormalities of the Optic Nerve ... Abnormalities of the Optic Nerve ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Erb's Palsy is caused ... to the radial nerve ... in the median nerve ... axillary nerve ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis
Approach to Nausea / Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Gastrointestinal 
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Approach to Nausea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Inflammatory • Central Nervous ... Disorders • Other Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... myringitis • Cranial nerve ... Tumor Cranial nerve ... neuromas Vagus nerve ... #differential #diagnosis
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
- Differential Diagnosis ... artery aneurysms Nerve ... Spinal stenosis/nerve ... Infections causing nerve ... #differential #diagnosis