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Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
anterior spinal artery ... extremities • Hyperextension ... underlying cervical disease ... #Incomplete #SpinalCord ... #Neurology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Positive family ... taken at home, work ... bilateral renal artery ... excess (Cushing syndrome
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... spondylosis -> Commonly hyperextension ... #SpinalCord #Injury ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... Vascular: Renal artery ... Renal parenchymal disease ... Neurologic disorders ... #Workup #causes
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
- Systemic: Hypertensive ... encephalopathy Acute ... Inflammatory (Acute ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... neurocognitive disease
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... papilledema • Horner syndrome ... deficits • Temporal artery ... arteritis • Acute ... #neurology #PHANTOMS
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... thromboembolism, renal artery ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... Due to systemic disease ... • Prolonged hypotension
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Coronary Artery ... Disease • Stable ... Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... • Pulmonary Hypertension
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
head in dependent position ... at home or at work ... ) - acute angle ... symptoms - cervical artery ... thrombophilia, neurologic
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... AKI) What to ask ... - Recent hypo/hypertension ... - Pre-renal disease ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm