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Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... inflammatory cause ... ) • EMG/NCS (rare ... within 4m #Bells ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... autoantibodies that will cause ... Lumbar Puncture, EEG ... #neurology #rheumatology
Hypoxia and Hypoxemia - Overview
Hypoxia - insufficient oxygen delivered to tissues to meet demands
Hypoxemia - low
flow to tissues, also ... stagnant hypoxia (e.g ... carrying capacity (e.g ... cannot use oxygen (e.g ... #causes #pathophysiology
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
Leukostasis: • Pathophysiology ... high WBC count cause ... Lysis of tumor cells ... unless worrisome EKG ... #diagnosis #management
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... - Causes progressive ... Escorial criteria uses ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... risk factors (eg ... hypertension (eg ... hypertension (eg ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
prostaglandins as ... to a pathogen (e.g ... PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... circumventricular organs CNS ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
40% of patients diagnosed ... Inability to produce all ... classes of immunoglobulin ... bacterial infections (e.g ... Agammaglobulinemia #XLinked #pathophysiology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... nervous system (CNS ... is important, as ... skull neoplasms (e.g ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Enteroviruses (e.g ... /l is regarded as ... Singh @rav7ks #CNS ... #neurology #meningitis