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Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
(SPS) - Diagnosis ... Syndrome Pathophysiology ... tendency to fall • Triggers ... superimposed spasms triggered ... Management #treatment #neurology
TiTrATE schema to approach to Dizziness
 • Time Course: Continuous or Episodic
 • Triggers: Present or
or Episodic • Triggers ... • Nonspecific (psychiatric ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Serotonin #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... SideEffects #Psychiatry ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
information = Person ... Cortical Blindness, Psychiatric ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... SideEffects #Psychiatry ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Migraine Treatment Overview

 • What is a Migraine?
 • Pathophysiology
 • Common Migraine Triggers
 • Diagnosis
Pathophysiology ... Common Migraine Triggers ... • Diagnosis ... Treatment #management #pharmacology ... #prophylaxis #neurology
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... with psychiatric ... Psychiatric symptoms ... #AscorbicAcid #Pathophysiology ... #Nutrition #Diagnosis
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Symptoms (included in DSM 5 criteria) - Present during
same two week period ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology ... Signs #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
Aphasia - Pathophysiology ... impairment/Fluent: the person ... deficits #Aphasia #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... Brocas #Wernickes #neurology
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is an idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic medications classically characterized
Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis ... Triggers: - Antipsychotics ... catatonia, Stiff-person ... Malignant #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #neurology