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Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Causes of Approach ... Clinical Exam ... • Stroke • Tumor ... • Ischemia • Tumor ... #diagnosis #workup
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Renin secreting tumor ... Differential #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Workup ... #Nephrology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Algorithm Clinical ... • Neurologic ... Inflammation • Orbital Tumor ... • Aneurysm • Tumor ... #Algorithm #Causes
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
females Differential Diagnosis ... dissociation • Other causes ... trauma/orbital tumor ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... heavy metals), Critical ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... : UMN (stroke, tumor ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Testicular Mass on POCUS
20 y/o Man. 2 weeks right testicular pain. No inflammatory signs. Testicular tumor
Testicular tumor ... Urgent referral to urology ... Testicular #Mass #tumor ... #POCUS #clinical ... #scrotal #ultrasound
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... HIV, Lyme, GBS, tumor ... and Workup: • ... CNS inflammatory cause ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Abscess - Tumor ... - Syrinx - Tumor ... Intramedullary tumor ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
consistent with a diagnosis ... lung (Pancoast tumors ... Horners #Syndrome #clinical ... ophthalmology #physicalexam ... #neurology #Anisocoria