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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Syndrome ->Cord ... clumsiness in hands ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
Incomplete Spinal Cord ... Cord Syndrome: ... below level of injury ... • Hyperflexion injury ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
of Hyporeflexia and ... , Acute spinal cord ... Testing #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
, coma, spinal cord ... ED arrival MSK ... dislocations (posterior shoulder ... compartment syndrome ... Electricity #Evaluation #Diagnosis
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
tea cup") which should ... , median nerve injury ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #Sports ... #MSK
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Weakness • Spinal Cord ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Phrenic nerve injury ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... result in permanent neurologic ... injury. ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Motor Function Shoulder ... aracteristic "claw hand ... spared in this injury ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
of acute kidney injury ... causes of AKI should ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... #Differential # ... Causes #Sites #Nephrology
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
(c) Central cord ... Brown—Séquard syndrome ... MS: loss of proprioception ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Review in Clinical Neurology