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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
clinical findings ... clumsiness in hands ... pathophysiology #signs ... symptoms #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Studies in Rheumatic Diseases ... but lower sensitivity ... for Acute Polyarthritis ... C serology testing ... RF (if clinical
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... diplopia) • Vascular ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... diagnosis #management #signs
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
weeks incubation Acute ... Romana's sign ... Confirmatory Tests ... - check Acute ... immunoblot (TESA
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
signs of end-organ ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... renal bruit or signs ... Renal parenchymal disease ... Neurologic disorders
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... course of the disease ... 4) progressive muscular ... Upper extremity, lower ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Neurological symptoms: Acute ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... BP lowering - Lower
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... signs below the ... Vascular/Blockage ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology