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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Mixed upper and lower ... reflex. saddle anesthesia ... Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Air Movement - Lower ... asthma • Pleural disease ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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• S - Saddle anesthesia ... Diagnosis: • ... Spinal cord infarct ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Diagnosis Intrinsic ... Connective tissue disease ... cholecystitis; • Neurologic ... BrighamChiefs #Lower ... #primarycare #msk
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Weakness - Lower ... loss - Saddle anesthesia ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... spasticity • Lower ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... #neurology #differential
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Weakness • Spinal Cord ... Demyelinating Disease ... (MS), Epidural ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
super-antigen mediated disease ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... #management #neurology ... #differential
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
Lower motor neuron ... may arise from disease ... form part of the differential ... diagnosis. ... Similarly, the damaged lower
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... (Spinal cord predominant ... objective evidence of neurologic ... #management #neurology