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Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hyperreflexia • Neuromuscular ... Weakness #Sensory #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Muscular Atrophy Neuromuscular ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disturbances Neurologic ... Malignancy • Neuromuscular ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Neurologic ... Abnormalities Neuromuscular ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
EEG/Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring - Neuromuscular Blockade

 • Use EEG/BIS monitor to ensure sedation depth is
) Monitoring - Neuromuscular ... Bispectral index is an algorithmic ... Index #Monitoring #Neuromuscular ... Blockade #NMB #neurology
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
 -
Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular ... Peripheral nerve - Neuromuscular ... - Muscle #Neuromuscular ... #Differential #Neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... neuromyopathy • Neuromuscular ... Thyroid disease #Neuromuscular ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Peripheral Nervous System Disorders

1 Anterior Horn Cell
2 Spinal Roots and Nerves 
3 Peripheral Nerve—Mono-neuropathy  
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Polyneuropathy 5 Neuromuscular ... Nerve #Neuropathy #Neurology
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Interpretation Algorithm ... Chest Wall or Neuromuscular ... Interpretation #Algorithm
Prolonged neuromuscular blockade - Differential Diagnosis
- Drugs, Acid-base Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic, Electrolyte abnormalities

By Mark Harris, MD
Prolonged neuromuscular ... Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic ... MarkHarrisMD #nmb #neuromuscular