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Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness • Spinal ... Epidural abscess, Infarction ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Palsy (70-75%), Infection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology #sparing
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Criteria for Guillain Barre ... Required for Guillain-Barré ... Progression of weakness ... Recent diphtheritic infection ... #criteria #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... response preceding infection ... Clinical Features ... Diagnosis: • ... management #treatment #neurology
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
damage, acute weakness ... but its clinically ... associated with viral infections ...     - Epstein-Barr ... #Bells #Palsy #neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
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Causes of Peripheral ... Weakness with Sensory ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Tumor • Infection ... #Sensory #Neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Generalized Weakness ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... #Generalized #Weakness ... #causes #neurology
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness CRITICAL ... Neuromuscular #Weakness ... #Differential #Neurology ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Anemia • Chronic Infection ... #Neurology #Differential ... #Causes
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... Muscle Weakness ... Sarcoidosis • Infections ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis ... #neurology