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Effects of Strokes by Location - Anterior vs Posterior Localization

Anterior Circulation 
 - MCA 
 -
Location - Anterior vs ... - AICA - PCA ... Strokes #Syndromes #CVA ... #Neurology #Diagnosis ... #Table #Territories
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
review • Physical exam ... Evaluate underlying cause ... Detected on NCCT vs ... stroke #workup #diagnosis ... #checklist #neurology
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... The evaluation should ... hearing loss Exam ... • Patients should ... , CVA • Infectious
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based ... antiretroviral therapy should ... lesions < 4cm + mass effect ... Demyelinating disease caused ... diameter - +mass effect
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... b) CHF c) CVA ... dependent DM ACS ... determine if stress test ... stratification #diagnosis
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Mortality due to CVD ... levels not useful as ... glucose suppression test ... 2 adenoma mass effect ... or refractory cases
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Paraneoplastic effects ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... #management #neurology
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
Efforts to standardize ... fantastically useful test ... diagnostic step ... witnessed many cases ... BigTrauma #BeforeCT #Checklist
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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- Emergency Causes ... Diastematomyelia Physical Exam ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test ... #causes #neurology
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
components: targeted neurologic ... disposition, even if the cause ... #Diagnosis #AVS ... #Posterior #CVA ... #HINTS #Exam #Vestibular