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Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... than one after symptom ... and sensitive tests ... #management #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Unilateral Facial Nerve ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... LP (if suspect GBS ... CNS inflammatory cause ... #Neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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compression of nerve ... spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... - Emergency Causes ... Tethered cord • Guillain-Barre ... #causes #neurology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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syndrome (bulbar symptoms ... Miller-Fisher GBS ... - small cell lung ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
PCB variants of GBS ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... - Repetitive nerve ... #management #neurology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... disease Caused ... 10 minutes of rest ... on radioactive lung ... resolution of symptoms
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
) Other tests: ... or serologies + symptoms ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... #management #treatment
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
soles in 50% of cases ... neurosyphilis, cranial nerve ... manifestations including anterior ... exposure to or symptoms ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... brain and/or optic nerve ... #management #neurology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... the “Chewing gum test ... day, followed by long ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management