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Borderline Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Behavioral Traits:
 • Unstable Relationships - Alternating extremes of idealization
Impulsivity - Control ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... #Psychiatry #Criteria ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Mnemonic #AMSUICIDE
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Criteria for Guillain ... sensory symptoms or signs ... sensory level • Central ... nervous system signs ... #criteria #neurology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs ... intravenous drug use, Central ... in up to 30% of cases ... #Endocarditis #comparison ... #table
Hypernatremia Classification and Features According to Volume Status
 - Hypervolemic hypernatremia - Cushing's syndrome, Primary hyperaldosteronism,
Classification and Features ... hypernatremia - DI, Central ... Classification #Features ... #Diagnosis #Comparison ... #Table #Nephrology
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
with vascular causes ... #Vertigo #diagnosis ... #findings #signs ... #symptoms #comparison ... #neurology
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
cause spinal deformity ... or neurologic deficit ... fractures: Unable ... Criteria of unstable ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Rapid, increasing signs of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) is an important key feature of NMS. EPS, associated
Rapid, increasing signs ... important key feature ... #Diagnosis #Serotonin ... NeurolepticMalignant #Comparison ... #Table
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
generalized or a general ... seizure caused ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Comparison
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Features That Differentiate ... life-threatening causes ... Pericarditis #Symptoms #Signs ... #Presentation #comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... and with limb features ... : months - Criteria ... : El Escorial criteria ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology