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Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... Infection • Neuro: UMN ... stroke, tumor), LMN ... inclusion body-), PMR ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Bilateral LMN palsy with tongue weakness, wasting and fasciculations.  →  Bulbar motor Neuron disease

Note
Bilateral LMN palsy ... differentiates this from an UMN ... fasciculations #LMN ... #CNXII #CN12 #clinical ... #video #neurology
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
neurotransmitter cause ... clinically characterized ... cause very different ... clinical findings ... This lesion causes
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... cellular function Clinical ... - Causes progressive ... Escorial criteria uses ... Exam: clinical evidence
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neurocysticercosis, PML ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Clinical Disease ... and Suggested Algorithm ... #Rheumatology #Algorithm ... #GCA #PMR #Polymyalgia
Exaggerated Apical Impulse on Physical Exam (Using a Bic Pen)

Dr. Bruno Farnetano @bruno.farnetano

#Apical #Impulse #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Exam (Using a Bic Pen ... cardiology #precordium #clinical ... #video
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
for: - HPI, PMH ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Differential
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Is visual loss caused ... the optic nerve caused ... Clinical manifestations ... PET/CT: aortitis/PMR ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Tongue Fasciculations Secondary to Hypoglossal Nerve Damage

Most commonly associated with ALS - This LMN XII was
with ALS - This LMN ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Video #Hypoglossal