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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke ... Delayed finding in stroke ... injury, Early ALS ... Eclampsia, Late ALS ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Dizziness and lightheadedness are common complaints that you'll encounter as a medical professional. The goal of
ruling out, the causes ... require urgent treatments ... non-neurological causes ... like ACS! ... lightheadedness #stroke
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure = Stroke ... Physiologic Causes ... Well-conditioned athletes Pathologic ... Causes: • Valvular ... Pathophysiology #causes
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy
Drug - Dose range - Onset/oeak/duration - Side effects
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Pharmacologic Treatment ... , tachycardia, nausea ... Uncontrolled hypotension, stroke ... - Urapidil - Nausea ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #HTN #Pharmacology
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Peripheral and Central Causes ... Vertigo Peripheral Causes ... often classified as ... - Vascular - Stroke ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
heart is failing as ... CHF also causes ... mechanisms, such as ... place further strain ... #Pharmacology #CHF
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
IDSA Recommendations ... • In rare cases ... Enteric #Bacterial #IDSA ... #Prevention #Treatment ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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• Neuro: UMN (stroke ... Polyneuropathy, ALS ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Differential Diagnosis • Neurologic ... : Stroke, Cerebral ... Mental #Status #AMS ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
IDSA Recommendations ... duration same as ... for treatment of ... Trypanosomiasis #IDSA ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology