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Approach to Low Back Pain - Differential Algorithm
- Non-MSK
- Axial / Musculoskeletal
- Radicular
- Systemic Disease (Do
Approach to Low ... Back Pain - Differential ... Algorithm - Non-MSK ... Christy Soran #Lower ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Pain - Differential ... BrighamChiefs #Lower ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #primarycare #msk
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI Losses - Gastric
 • Vomiting
 • NG suction
GI
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis - Differential ... suction GI Losses - Lower ... MetabolicAlkalosis #NonGap #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
symptoms: • Severe low ... • S - Saddle anesthesia ... - Emergency Causes ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
fractures in elderly Causes ... Femur #Fractures #msk ... #orthopedics #diagnosis ... #differential # ... causes #pathophysiology
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
tarsus adductus, Bow ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #differential ... #diagnosis #Causes
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Lower Extremity ... Equina Syndrome - Low ... saddle (perineal) anesthesia ... Commonly caused ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Mixed upper and lower ... reflex. saddle anesthesia ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Paralysis 4) Paresthesia ... #Leg #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #lower ... #extremity #msk
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Weakness - Lower ... Impotence - Saddle anesthesia ... loss - Saddle anesthesia ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology