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Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Algorithm Dietary ... Hirschsprung's Disease • Spinal ... Cord Lesions ... Congenita • Guillain-Barré ... Syndrome • Muscular
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
stroke, Acute spinal ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... cord injury, Early ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord - Spinal Cord ... Syndromes Spinal ... Vertebral burst fracture ... #Cord #syndromes ... #differential #diagnosis
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Criteria for Guillain Barre ... Syndrome Features ... , Mild sensory symptoms ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #criteria #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... compression by fractured ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... #neurology #differential ... #algorithm
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Syndrome ->Cord ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... Cord: Demyelinating ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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L1-L5 Symptoms ... Differential Diagnosis ... : • Spinal cord ... • Guillain-Barre ... #causes #neurology
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
Seizure, coma, spinal ... cord injury (can ... arrival MSK - Fractures ... compartment syndrome ... #Algorithm
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... of intrathecal spinal ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #neurology