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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... Acute spinal cord injury ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... #Causes #differential ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... injury, Sarcoid ... heavy metals), Critical ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Froment’s Test for Ulnar Nerve Palsy

This tests for pinch grip weakness caused by ulnar nerve palsy,
Froment’s Test for ... palsy, testing ... Palsy #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #orthopedics #sports
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Clinical Features ... • Weakness: Starts ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... management #treatment #neurology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... Pathophysiology: • Severe injury ... Awareness • Injury ... threat Cranial Nerves ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... and sensitive tests ... specific therapy, the clinician ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
compression of nerve ... cord • Guillain-Barre ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
the side of a nerve ... or spinal root injury ... damage to the pyramidal ... testing occurs ... is best elicited
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... - Further testing ... conditions listed in differential ... activity between nerve ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology