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Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Upper Extremity Dermatomes ... regimental badge" anesthesia ... #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #arm #physicalexam
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Lower Extremity Dermatomes ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome ... saddle (perineal) anesthesia ... Commonly caused ... #Myotomes #diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Diagnostic ... there is time to wait ... Plan definitive management ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Management #Workup
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
• S - Saddle anesthesia ... - Emergency Causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... region (S2-S4 dermatomes ... #causes #neurology
Priapism 

Secondary Causes:
Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine
Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
Secondary Causes ... hyperviscosity syndrome ... t be tested or are ... #Priapism #Diagnosis ... #Management #Urology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... Impotence - Saddle anesthesia ... loss - Saddle anesthesia ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Myoedema in Hypothyroidism on Physical Exam

Hypothyroidism is a clinical syndrome resulting from the production, secretion or
is a clinical syndrome ... There are several ... drowsiness, weight gain ... (shown in the video ... reflex hammer, caused
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management ... Prevalence: 1-2 cases ... • Wide based gait ... #Management #treatment ... #neurology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
the follow up video ... fasciculus), which causes ... The most common causes ... of this are tumors ... the hospital, diagnosed
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Can begin in arms ... Absent Reflexes: Arms ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management