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Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
Algorithm Cerebral ... • Apraxia • ... Cognition/Confusion, Dementia ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
malaise, Weight gain ... slowness, Psychosis/dementia ... Carpal timel syndrome ... Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
of confusion, ataxia ... (broad-based gait ... ), and oculomotor ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #neurology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Diagnosis - Caine ... dysfunction (e.g. gait ... ataxia - usually ... development of Korsakoff syndrome ... #Management #neurology
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
Diagnosis: MRI ... The clinical syndrome ... dysfunction like gait ... ataxia ... #AIDS #Neurology
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
Diagnostic algorithm ... components: targeted neurologic ... gait ataxia. ... acute vestibular syndrome ... Exam #Vestibular #Syndrome
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
nephrotic syndrome ... have positive serology ... tabes dorsalis, gait ... dementia. ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... of injury • Gait ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #neurology #differential ... #algorithm
DANISH Mnemonic for Cerebellar Signs of Disease

D - Dysdiadochokinesia / Dysmetria - Impaired ability to perform
alternating movements (hand ... - Gait and Limb ... (heel-shin) ataxia ... Cerebellar #Signs #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam