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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent Causes ... Neuromuscular Weakness ... Brainstem - Spinal ... cord - Peripheral ... #Differential #Neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neuropathy • Spinal ... #Weakness #Neurology ... #Causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... AnnKumfer #Facial #Weakness ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Neurology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
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Causes of Peripheral ... Weakness with Sensory ... #Weakness #Sensory ... #Neurology #Differential ... #Causes
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Causes of Hemiplegia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... findings Unilateral Spinal ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Causes
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... - Hematoma - Stab ... • Intrinsic Causes ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
/paralysis - Weakness ... Cord Causes: 1 ... Back pain • Weakness ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
lancinating - Peripheral ... Post-stroke • Spinal ... Pain #Mechanisms #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
progressive flaccid weakness ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... cross-reacts with peripheral ... or the axon of peripheral ... diagnosis #management #neurology