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The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
with a central cause ... #PhysicalExam #Neurology ... VestibularSyndrome #Posterior ... #CVA #Peripheral ... #HeadImpulse #Testing
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... Hyperreflexia #Testing ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... - History of bleeding ... epistaxis, gingival bleeding ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic
Causes of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Vessel Disease
 • Aneurysm
 • Vascular Malformation
Other
 • Bleeding
Causes of Subarachnoid ... Hemorrhage - Differential ... Malformation Other • Bleeding ... #SAH #Stroke #CVA ... #Neurology #Differential
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
- Inability to differentiate ... Agraphia (without alexia ... patient is still able ... to copy Causes ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Causes of Tremors ... spinocerebellar ataxia ... multiple sclerosis) Resting ... MovementDisorders #Neurology ... #Differential #
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
Alexia without ... A left posterior ... the most common cause ... , leading to infarction ... Agraphia #clinical #neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Generalized Weakness - Differential ... : CKD, ESRD • CV ... ILD, OSA, pHTN, Anemia ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Causes of Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension:
 • Essential Hypertension (Aneurysm)
 • Drugs (Cocaine,
Causes of Intracerebral ... Hemorrhage (ICH) - Differential ... • Trauma • Bleeding ... #ICH #Stroke #CVA ... #Neurology #Differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
mental status • CV ... • Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... , post-partum) bleeding ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification