8 results
PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES

#Diagnosis #Neurology #Peripheral #Nerves #UpperLimbs #Extremity #BrachialPlexus #Roots #Injuries #Deficits #Radial #Median #Ulnar #Axillary
PERIPHERAL NERVE ... INJURIES #Diagnosis ... #UpperLimbs #Extremity ... Injuries #Deficits #Radial ... #Median #Ulnar
POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Upper Limb Local Nerve Blocks

 - Interscalene
 - Supraclavicular
 - Infraclavicular
Upper Limb Local Nerve ... , Median, Ulnar ... - Obturator #Management ... Local #Anesthesia #UpperLimb ... #Extremity #Nerve
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Upper Extremity ... Abduction - C8-T1 (ulnar ... nerve in the radial ... #UpperLimb #Extremity ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis
Bell’s Palsy: Treatment and House-Brackmann grading for severity of facial nerve weakness
#Diagnosis #Management #Bells #Palsy #Treatment
Bell’s Palsy: Treatment ... House-Brackmann grading ... nerve weakness ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Grading #ALiEM
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
paralysis of all extremity ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
with peripheral nerve ... paralysis of all extremity ... , facial, respiratory ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #management #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
, lower extremity ... column Treatment ... activity between nerve ... neurons - IV free radical ... #management
Compartment Syndrome Pearls
A vicious cycle of increased pressure within a facial compartment leading to compression of
pressure within a facial ... compartment leading ... to muscles and nerves ... onset of ischemia Treatment ... #management #pathophysiology