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Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
an identifiable cause ... The cause is unknown ... Herpes simplex virus ... - Epstein-Barr virus ... #Bells #Palsy #neurology
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
Fecal-oral route, virus ... shock • Mumps Virus ... • Measles Virus ... • Rubella Virus ... > Inflammation causes
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Once pseudohypokalemia is ruled out, causes of hypokalemia can be
Causes of Hypokalemia ... is ruled out, causes ... GI loss) - VARUN ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #workup #nephrology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Cardiovascular Causes ... / Mediastinal Causes ... • Trauma - Neurologic ... Herpes Simplex Virus ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Causes of Myocarditis ... virus, Junin virus ... more commonly cause ... #Myocarditis #Causes ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
immunodeficiency virus ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
Encephalitis Differential Diagnosis by Location

 • White Matter: PML, ADEM
 • Limbic System: HSV1, HSV6, Treponema
Listeria, West Nile Virus ... , Powassan Virus ... , Powassan Virus ... , Nipah Virus, Acute ... Location #Tropism #neurology
Cranial Nerve X - Vagus Nerve - Cross Sectional Nuclei Anatomy
 • Vagus Nerve
 • Nucleus
Cranial Nerve X - Vagus ... Nuclei Anatomy • Vagus ... drcraighacking #Vagus ... CrossSectional #Anatomy #neurology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Sparing = Central cause ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology #sparing
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... or peripheral neurologic ... #differential #causes ... #neurology