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Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
and Management ... vision loss • Facial ... asymmetry • Arm weakness ... #diagnosis #differential ... #neurology #CVA
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Most commonly stroke ... #Weakness #Differential ... #Causes #neurology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Hyperthyroidism, Serotonin syndrome ... Testing #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Urine Specific Gravity - Interpretation
Specific Gravity = Density of urine / Density of water
SG close to
Dehydration • SIADH (syndrome ... - Strong Medicine ... Interpretation #diagnosis ... #differential # ... nephrology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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of Hemiplegia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Findings: ipsilateral facial ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
all extremity, facial ... support (10-30%) • Facial ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
Emergencies - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... of breath • Neurologic ... : • Facial edema ... Vomiting, decreased urine
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Epilepsy: • Focal ... : • Vascular: Stroke ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #Causes #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Impairment: • Acute stroke ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #neurology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Hematuria: • Stone ... #Hematuria #Differential ... #urology #nephrology