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Turbulent airflow caused by hypertrophied tonsillar and adenoid tissue #PatientInfo #Pathophys #Anatomy #PrimaryCare #ENT #Peds #SleepApnea
Turbulent airflow caused ... Peds #SleepApnea #Tonsils
Causes of Primary Epileptic Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Focal - Non-Dyscognitive - Features of
 • Aura
Causes of Primary ... • Clonic • Tonic ... • Tonic-Clonic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Absence, Myoclonic, Tonic ... Clonic, Atonic, Tonic-clonic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
When tonic—clonic ... general seizure caused ... and metabolic causes ... Generalized Seizures / Tonic-Clonic
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
Diagnosis Framework Causes ... glaucoma, Adie's tonic ... Hypothermia Causes ... ophthalmology #causes
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
dissociation • Other causes ... of tonic pupil
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
pilocarpine • Tonic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Tonsil Grading - Grades 1-4

Tonsils come in a variety of sizes. Enlarged tonsils can lead to
Tonsil Grading - ... Grades 1-4 Tonsils ... Enlarged tonsils ... Tonsils are sized ... chicagoairwaydoc #Tonsil
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Physical Exam A tonic ... Caused commonly
Subjective tonsil grading scale (0, I, II, III, IV)

#tonsil #grading #grades #scale #diagnosis
Subjective tonsil ... , III, IV) #tonsil