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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Diagnosis Algorithm ... nerve palsy) ... - Unilateral: Bell's ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Nerve Palsies ... sensory loss to pain ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Hands or feet • Pain ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... nerve pathology ... Generalized fatigue - ALS ... - Repetitive nerve ... #management #neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... associated free radicals ... #nephrology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... or the axon of peripheral ... extremity, facial ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
, indicating a peripheral ... posterior head/neck pain ... imaging after treatment ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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compression of nerve ... Diagnosis: • ... T1 and T2 Treatment ... #differential # ... #neurology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... to the differential ... lymphadenopathy, pleuritic pain ... #Algorithm #differential ... #nephrology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
conditions listed in differential ... Treatment: - Multidisciplinary ... activity between nerve ... neurons - IV free radical ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology