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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 ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
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 ... eye movements #Diagnosis
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 ... Encephalopathy #Grading #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Diagnostic Testing ... Non-specific Kernig Sign ... 95% Brudzinski Sign ... #Meningitis #diagnosis ... #Specificity #diagnosis
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 ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... Psychiatry #Criteria #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
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
- pressured speech ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology #Signs
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Lhermitte’s sign ... Slurring/Stuttering speech ... Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... lesions) McDonald diagnostic ... Multiple #sclerosis #diagnosis
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
schizophrenia) • Speech ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs
CHALICE Predictors of Clinically Significant Head Iniury 
History 
 - Witnessed LOC > 5min 
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fontanelle - Signs ... Mechanism - High speed ... > 3m - High speed ... Brain #Injury #Diagnosis