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Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
non-Fluent - Sensory speech ... generation of speech ... talk but their speech ... non-sensical) speech ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Grading
Grade I: Generally alert, but with sleep irregularities, Mild confusion, Mildly slowed speech,
Mildly slowed speech ... confusion, Slurred speech ... confusion, Incoherent speech ... Grading #diagnosis #signs
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
Myasthenia Gravis Signs ... Unintelligible speech
The speech bubble (or talk bubble) sign is one ascribed to the appearances of a Baker's
The speech bubble ... or talk bubble) sign ... Baker's #cyst #sign ... #speech #bubble
Act FAST, Save Lives! Learn the BEFAST acronym and recognize the warning signs of a stroke.
recognize the warning signs ... leg weakness Speech ... : Speech difficulty
Schizotypal Personality Disorder (SPD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Cognitive-Perceptual
 • Magical thinking - Belief in paranormal or
Unusual thinking or speech ... - Speech and thought ... Unusual thinking or speech ... Psychiatry #Criteria #Signs
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
+ are present; Spec ... Non-specific Kernig Sign ... if sitting up); Spec ... 95% Brudzinski Sign ... • Sens: 5%; Spec
Always reassuring to find Baker’s cyst (Speech Bubble sign)with #POCUS in patients sent by GP with
Baker’s cyst (Speech ... Bubble sign)with
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
- pressured speech ... Pathophysiology #Signs
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
of UMN and LMN signs ... presenting with speech ... of UMN and LMN signs ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... occupational therapists, speech