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Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
Spinal Epidural ... most common (63%) Clinical ... triad: Fever, spinal ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Spinal ... Abscess #diagnosis #management
LUMBAR Syndrome

What do you call a segmental lumbosacral hemangioma + spinal problems?? LUMBAR syndrome, a fairly
lumbosacral hemangioma + spinal ... ensure correct management ... pathogenesis • MRI spine ... Radiology #Diagnosis #Clinical
Spinal Epidural Abscess Overview

Infection in the epidural space - often caused by bacteremia or direct spread
Spinal Epidural ... neurologic deficit Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Spinal #Epidural
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
disorder of the spinal ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Injury to the spinal ... located at the spinal ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... axonal • MRI - Spinal ... the intrathecal spinal ... specific therapy, the clinician ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... or TEE unless clinical ... Consider: Spine, ... IDSA #Guidelines #Management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
help and inform clinical ... kit (eg 18G Luer spinal ... strategy. ❼ If clinically ... Plan definitive management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... of intrathecal spinal ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... cellular function Clinical ... brainstem and multiple spinal ... cervical and thoracic spine ... neurology #diagnosis #management
Vertebral Spine Curvature
 - Cervical (Lordosis)
 - Thoracic (Kyphosis)
 - Lumbar (Lordosis)
 - Sacral (Kyphosis)

By @rev.med

#Vertebral
Vertebral Spine ... rev.med #Vertebral #Spine ... Curvature #Anatomy #Spinal