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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
, Acute spinal cord ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... in spinal cord ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... sliding COPD or ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #signs ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
mutations - Down syndrome ... chromosome 21) Signs ... memory • Aphasia, word-finding ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free ... Vertigo #Algorithm #differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... - Ipsilateral findings ... Contralateral findings ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis and Screening ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Screening #Workup ... #table
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... signs below the ... Causes: 1. ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
- Cirrhosis Syndrome ... carcinoma of the lung ... e.g. pneumonia, COPD ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes #Sodium
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... Most Common Causes ... Nasal polyps and signs ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Rapid, increasing signs of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) is an important key feature of NMS. EPS, associated
Rapid, increasing signs ... about 95% of NMS cases ... Laboratory findings ... #Diagnosis #Serotonin ... NeurolepticMalignant #Comparison #Table