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Throckmorton's Reflex on Physical Exam - Babinski Equivalent
Throckmorton's reflex is a clinical sign in which pressure
Throckmorton's Reflex ... Babinski Equivalent Throckmorton's ... #Throckmortons # ... clinical #neurology #UMN
Throckmorton's Reflex on Physical Exam - Babinski Equivalent
Throckmorton's reflex is a clinical sign in which pressure
Throckmorton's Reflex ... Babinski Equivalent Throckmorton's ... #Throckmortons # ... clinical #neurology #UMN
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... respiratory failure Diagnosis ... Medical time to diagnosis ... Other possible diagnosis ... in differential diagnosis
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
Disproportionate motor (UMN ... Ipsilateral weakness (UMN ... paraparesis (mixed UMN ... and LMN types) ... spinalcord #syndromes #diagnosis
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
Motor Neuron (UMN ... the differential diagnosis ... However, in UMN ... UMC & LMN lesions ... UMN lesions are
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Infection • Neuro: UMN ... stroke, tumor), LMN ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Fig. 1 Pathophysiology of septic myocardial dysfunction. IL interleukin, iNOS induced nitric oxide synthase, PMN polymorphonuclear
Fig. 1 Pathophysiology ... oxide synthase, PMN ... necrosis factor #Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology Based Approach to Hyponatremia - Diagnostic Algorithm

Not the "classic" Volume based approach. 

#Hyponatremia #Algorithm #Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology ... Hyponatremia - Diagnostic ... Hyponatremia #Algorithm #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Phosphatase, ALT ≥ 3x ULN ... Transaminase, ALP ≥ 2x ULN ... Value = (ALT / ULN ... ALT) / (ALP / ULN ... Transaminitis #diagnosis
Peritonitis - Spontaneous vs Secondary vs Peritoneal Dialysis Associated Peritonitis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
 • Cirrhosis (high SAAG)
) + ascites w/ PMN ... glucose < 50, LDH ULN ... Secondary #Peritoneal #diagnosis