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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... polyneuropathy (e.g ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - Differential ... Disease • Spinal Cord ... Lesions • Myotonia ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
in permanent neurologic ... cord lesions can ... - Hematoma - Stab ... - Infection (e.g ... #differential #
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... production to cause ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... CT/MRI ($$$$) CORE ... #cardiology #management
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Withholding • Painful (e.g ... Disease • Spinal Cord ... Lesions • Myotonia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
meninges in spinal cord ... nerve roots Spinal Cord ... tuberculoma (later stage ... neurological symptoms • Caused ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
pads, heating blankets ... including the word ... classic targetoid lesions ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential #
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview A state ... oliguria (< 0.5 mL/kg ... Ext: warm vs. cold ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview A state ... oliguria (< 0.5 mL/kg ... Ext: warm vs. cold ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... showing cortical lesions ... Reversible course Differential ... thrombosis Testing ... the underlying cause